- 一(horizontal line; boundary)RADICAL
- 卜(stroke descending downward)ASSOCIATIVE
A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.
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下西洋
下西洋
to sail west (from China) (used in reference to the 15th century voyages of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2] to regions bordering the Indian Ocean)
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to sail west (from China) (used in reference to the 15th century voyages of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2] to regions bordering the Indian Ocean)
- 。
Zheng He voyaged to the Western Seas.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 西(west; setting sun with bird on nest)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird returning to its nest as the sun sets in the west depicts the character for west.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
- 羊(goat)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A vast ocean is as wide as countless goats running across the boundless water's surface.
下西洋
Traditional下
to sail west (from China) (used in reference to the 15th century voyages of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2] to regions bordering the Indian Ocean)
1 meaning
MEANING
MEANING
- 壹动verb
to sail west (from China) (used in reference to the 15th century voyages of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2] to regions bordering the Indian Ocean)
- 。
Zheng He voyaged to the Western Seas.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(horizontal line; boundary)RADICAL
- 卜(stroke descending downward)ASSOCIATIVE
A vertical stroke pointing downward across a boundary line marks 'below'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 西(west; setting sun with bird on nest)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird returning to its nest as the sun sets in the west depicts the character for west.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 氵(water; liquid)RADICAL
- 羊(goat)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A vast ocean is as wide as countless goats running across the boundless water's surface.
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