西南

Character by character

• 西xī6 strokesHSK 1west(ern); westward; occident; Kangxi radical 146
• 南nán9 strokesHSK 1south; southern part; southward

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 西南. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 东西dōng xiHSK 1

  thing; stuff; person

• 西xīHSK 1

  west

• 南nánHSK 1

  south

• 南方nán fāngHSK 2

  south; the southern part of the country; the South

• 西部xī bùHSK 3

  western part

• 西方xī fāngHSK 2

  the West; the Occident; Western countries

• 南部nán bùHSK 3

  southern part

• 西装xī zhuāngHSK 5

  suit; Western-style clothes

• 西北xī běiHSK 2

  northwest

• 指南zhǐ nánHSK 7

  to guide; guidebook

• 南瓜nán guāHSK 7

  pumpkin

• 西瓜xī guāHSK 4

  watermelon

• 西红柿xī hóng shìHSK 5

  tomato

• 东南dōng nánHSK 2

  southeast

• 南北nán běiHSK 5

  north and south; north to south

• 南极nán jíHSK 5

  south pole

• 西边xī biānHSK 1

  west; west side; western part; to the west of

• 西班牙语xī bān yá yǔHSK 6

  Spanish language

• 南边nán bianHSK 1

  south; south side; southern part; to the south of

• 西医xī yīHSK 2

  Western medicine; a doctor trained in Western medicine

• 指南针zhǐ nán zhēnHSK 7

  compass

• 西餐xī cānHSK 2

  Western-style food

• 东张西望dōng zhāng xī wàngHSK 7

  to look in all directions (idiom); to glance around

• 东奔西走dōng bēn xī zǒuHSK 7

  to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily; to bustle about; to hopscotch; also 东跑西颠