Where does “西” come from?

西 (Japanese) comes from Japanese し, from Middle Chinese 氏.

西 (Japanese): west; the West; wind blowing from the west

Definitions

  1. west; the West; wind blowing from the west

Ancestry of “西”, step by step

西 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese し

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseしConjunctive particle. Follows items in a list of...
2Middle Chinese氏—

via Chinese Mandarin 西

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese Mandarin西—

Words derived from “西”

Every word from Middle Chinese 氏 →Every word from Japanese し →