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To find any kanji, first try to identify the components it is made up of. Once you have identified any component, search for it in any of three ways:
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  • Notice that 漢 is made of several components: 氵 艹 口 夫
  • Draw any of these components (one at a time) in the drawing area, and select it when you see it
  • Alternatively, look for a component in the list. 氵 艹 口 each have three strokes; 夫 has four strokes
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133 word matches found for '西' using reading 'せい'
せ い 1
noun
Spain  (abbreviation)
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せ い よ う 1
the west; Western countries
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ほ く せ い 0
northwest
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な ん せ い 0
southwest
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せ い れ き 0
noun
1. Christian Era; CE; anno domini; AD
2. Western (Gregorian) calendar
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せ い ぶ 1
noun
western part; the west (of a region); the West (i.e. of the US)
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せ い な ん 0
noun
south-west
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た い せ い よ う 3
noun
Atlantic Ocean
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せ い お う 0
Western Europe
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せ い ほ く 0
noun
north-west
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せ い ほ う 0
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1. western direction
2. Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise)  (see also: 西方浄土; Buddhist term; abbreviation; this meaning is restricted to reading さいほう)
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ほ く ほ く せ い 0
noun
north-northwest
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な ん な ん せ い 0
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south-southwest; south-south-west
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せ い ふ う 0
west wind
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noun
Spanish-Japanese (gen. for translations and dictionaries)
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Japanese-Spanish (gen. for translations and dictionaries); Japan-Spain (e.g. intercountry trade and relations)
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せ い ど く 0
noun
West Germany (1949-1990)  (see also: 西ドイツ; abbreviation)
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noun, noun (suffix)
... and westward; west of
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noun
Spanish (language)
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せ い ど 1
noun
western lands (China, India, etc.); the West
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せ い い き 0
noun
western regions of China
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North Atlantic
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せ い が ん 0
noun
west coast; west bank
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せ い こ う と う て い 0
noun
high barometric pressure to the west, low pressure to the east  (yojijukugo)
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せ い よ う じ ん 3
noun
Western people
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せ い け い 0
noun
west longitude
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せ い ほ く せ い 0
noun
west-northwest
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せ い な ん せ い 0
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west-southwest
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noun
western language
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へ ん せ い ふ う 0
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westerlies
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Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
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