西 · Zhang Zhi
西 (xī, 1st tone) did not begin as a direction. The Shuowen gives it a radical of its own and explains: 鳥在巢上。象形。日在西方而鳥棲，故因以爲東西之西 — ‘a bird on its nest, a pictograph; because the sun stands in the west when birds roost, the graph was borrowed $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart