Character Contained In References Comments
Simplified Traditional Ancient forms Archaic forms
traditional formhandwritten form

Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
Mandarin
xi1
English
Definitions
west(ern); Spain; occident; westward
Etymology
Notes
Pictograph: said to be a bird’s nest; seal character shows bird above; archaic form may have been a package of something from the West (compare archaic form of 東); archaic form of 鹵 is identical but with dots added