BloomkoHSK 1 · Directions
西
xī
west
Stroke order of 西
西 is written with 6 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.
Memory trick
A bird settles into its box-like nest '西' when the sun sets in the west.
Parts: pictograph of a bird on its nest (birds roost at sunset)
Example sentence
银行在学校的西边。
The bank is to the west of the school.