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U+38B4
西
Semantic variant

Radical:+ 6 strokes = 9 strokes total.
References:Kangxi: p.358#16 Hanyu: v2,p0995#08
Composition:Component of: 𢏩 𢰕 𣹍 𦴛 𦂷 𡐲
Cantonese:sai1
Kangxi:康熙字典·弓部·》㢴:《集韻》西古作㢴。註詳部首。《說文》鳥在巢上。象形。日在西方而鳥棲,故以爲東西之西。
Unihan definition:(ancient form of 西) the west; western, European

Example usage

廣韻·西》:說文》曰:鳥在巢上也,日在西方而鳥西故因以爲東西之西篆文作象形亦州名本漢車師國之地至貞觀討平以其地爲西州亦姓又漢複姓十一氏左傳秦師西乞術宋大夫西鉏吾西郷錯出丗本又黃帝娶西陵氏爲妃名纍祖史記魏文侯鄴令西門豹周末分爲東西二周武公庶子西周爲氏晉有北海西郭陽何承天以爲西朝名士慕容廆以北平西方虔爲股肱何氏姓苑有西野氏西宫氏王符潛夫論姓氏志曰如有東門西郭南宫北郭皆是因居也。
康熙字典·襾部》:西:〔古文〕𠧧《唐韻》先稽切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》先齊切,𠀤音粞。
說文解字注(附:六書音均表)》:...省按此五字疑有誤當作卤籒文說文之通例如此或曰Show complete text
六書故·卷首》:  永嘉戴 侗著 蜀李鼎元校刋
隸辨·卷一》:...  為栖遲按說文西或作棲西本作 鳥在巢上象形日在西方而鳥棲故...
六書統·卷十六》:私箭切合縷也从糸聲古文與闕同
別雅·卷一》:...同故西遲即栖遲也說文西本作象鳥在巢上形日在西方而鳥棲故因...
墨子閒詁》:不遷而自行,畢云:「《太平御覽》引作『𢳍』,《說文》云『拪,古文𨙙,从手』。
蛾術編》:本東㢴之在部首其重文有三棲字注啚或从木妻俗乃以棲作止宿解與東局字分為二此二字《廣韻》猶在一紐《集韻》則西字一紐內雖亦有棲而妻字一紐內别出棲字注云簡開車馬皃。
鶴山先生大全文集》:...對竊先生緒論稱𣅀出守涪陵,繼叨臬距先生𬡄鄉百里許家有先生遺藁...
集韻·卷二》:〇西卥卤先齊切說文鳥在巢上象形...
洪武正韻·卷一》:...在西方而鳥西故以為東西之西篆作象形今作西與覀字不同覀音亞漢律...
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