西
West
| on’yomi | kun’yomi | Radicals |
|---|---|---|
| せい | にし | 西 |
Meaning: West
The west radical and west are the same in looks as well as and meaning.
Make sure you know all those radicals, will make your life more pleasant.
Reading: せい
To remember the reading せい we use “Hard Gay” because he always says “sei sei sei!!!” – What’s to your West? Think about the globe, and just keep going West until you hit Japan. Imagine Hard Gay (せい) standing on top of the image of Japan, thrusting his hips and saying “SEI SEI SEI!!”
Make it as odd as possible. Already pretty odd, thinking of a guy standing on a country on a globe, not to mention a weird guy like Hard Gay, but the stranger you make it in your mind, the more likely you are to remember it later!
Vocabulary
Only one vocab word to learn for now and several to learn later, after you know more complicated kanji.
a 西（にし）＝ West
- Meaning: Same as the kanji
- Reading: Kun’yomi reading of the kanji. Think about the West – it’s where all the niche (にち) industries are (like log rolling, and other weird stuff like that).
a 北西（ほくせい）＝ North West
- Combo: 北 (north) + 西 (west)
- Meaning: Pretty self explanatory
- Reading: On’yomi readings of the two