西
JLPT HSK 1

xī
This sign has some similarity with sun 日 combined with to strokes 儿, directing downwards. The upper line 一 is the horizon
Under the horizon the sun sinks at the sunset in the west.

	漂
JLPT HSK 1

piāo, piǎo, piào
Left: water 氵, right: ticket 票 (In the west 覀/西 you show 示 your ticket.) [West: 西 = Below the horizon 一 the sun 日 sinks 儿 at the sunset in the west]
On the water is a ticket and it is floating.

	要
JLPT HSK 2

yāo, yào
Top: west 覀/西 (Under the horizon 一 the sun 日 sinks 儿 at the sunset in the west.) [Here: 覀 as a handbag with a big handle], bottom: woman 女
A handbag is for women: a need.

	票
JLPT HSK 2

piào
Top: west 覀/西 (Under the horizon 一 the sun 日 sinks 儿 at the sunset in the west.), bottom: show 示 (image of an altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and drippling blood 八)
In the west you show your ticket.

	腰
JLPT HSK 5

yāo
Left: body part 月/肉, right: need/request 要 (A handbag 覀/西 is, what women 女 need.) [west 西 = Under the horizon 一 the sun 日 sinks 儿 at the sunset in the west.]
(Asian women have less 'butt':) A body part of western 西 women is the waist.

	洒
JLPT HSK 5

sǎ
Left: water 氵, right: west 西 (Below the horizon 一 the sun 日 sinks 儿 at the sunset in the west, but here: variant of rain 雨)
Water as 'rain' means to sprinkle.

	晒
JLPT HSK 5

shài
Left: sun 日, right: west 西 (sun 日 moves 儿 below the horizon 一 at sunset in the west)
The sun in the west (= at the afternoon) is good for drying or a sunbath.

	牺
JLPT HSK 6

xī
Left: cow 牛, right: west 西 (The sun 日 moves 儿 below the horizon 一 at sunset in the west)
The cow sinks down like the sun at sunset in the west, when being: sacrificed.

	覆
JLPT HSK 6

fù
Top: west 西, bottom: to go 彳, repeat 复 (= Lying or in sun 日 sitting cross-legged 夂 is to be repeated)
The west they go in the repeatings that everything is overturned and covered up.

	潭
JLPT no HSK

tán
Left: water 氵, right: 覃 (west 覀/西, early, fast 早)
The water in the west, you reach quickly, is the pond.

	贾
JLPT no HSK

gǔ, jiǎ
Top: west 西 (sun moves 儿 below the horizon 一 at sunset in the west), bottom: money 贝/貝
A bag (= 西) with a handle (= 一) from the west and money has the: merchant.

	粟
JLPT no HSK

sù
Top: west 覀/西 (sun 日 moves 儿 below the horizon 一 at sunset in the west.), bottom: rice 米
The 'western' rice is: millet.

	栖
JLPT no HSK

qī, xī
Left: tree 木, right: west 西 (sun 日 moves 儿 below horizon 一 at sunset in the west.)
At the tree with the evening-sun (= west side) is a good place to rest.

	茜
JLPT no HSK

qiàn
Top: plant 艹, bottom: west 西 (sun 日 moves 儿 below horizon 一 at sunset in the west)
The plant with the red (= the afterglow at sunset at the west) is the Indian madder .

	栗
JLPT no HSK

lì
Top: west 西 (sun 日 moves 儿 below the horizon 一 at sunset in the west.), bottom: tree 木
There is a downward movement (falling chestnuts) at this tree: the chestnut.

	谭
JLPT no HSK

tán
Left: word 讠/言, right: reach to, spread to 覃 (west 覀/西, early 早)
The word has spread, that his name is 'Tan'.