西

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

the West / abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2] / Spanish

西 = 兀 + 囗 : The wild west is largely recognized by the symbol of the cowboy hat.

西 = 兀 + 囗 : Marie Curie has gone crazy from the loneliness in space. In front of the space station, she sits inside of a large wooden box, wearing a cowboy hat and playing a 胡兀尔 fiddle, thinking that she's participating in a square dance in the wild west.

西 character breakdown

西
- 兀
  - 一
  - 儿
    - 丿
    - 乚
- 口
- 囗

兀

wù = w + Ø4

surname Wu

兀

wù = w + Ø4

cut off the feet / rising to a height / towering / bald

兀 = 一 + 儿 : Mnemonic symbol: A 胡兀尔, a kind of Chinese fiddle with four strings, more commonly known as 四胡.

兀 = 一 + 儿 : Sun Wukong is playing his 胡兀尔 in the space station's bathroom, but he's deliberatly playing very badly in order to annoy Willy Walrus. Willy Walrus is so annoyed that he threatens to cut off Sun Wukong's feet with a flute if he doesn't stop.

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

囗

wéi = w + ei2

enclosure

Mnemonic symbol: a plastic enclosure. Willy Walrus (w) is keeping frozen fish in an enclosure (囗) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2).

Characters with 西 as component

乃

廼

nǎi = n + ai3

variant of 乃[nai3]

酉

yǒu = y + ou3

10th earthly branch: 5-7 p.m., 8th solar month (8th September-7th October), year of the Rooster / ancient Chinese compass point: 270° (west)

酉 = 兀 + 日 : The rooster and Maud Younger are taking part in a re-enactment in the outhouse. They re-enact former times by getting up with sunrise; the rooster stands on top of the sun and crows so that everybody gets up, and Maud Younger plays a traditional sihu fiddle.

晒

shài = sh + ai4

variant of 曬|晒[shai4]

晒 = 日 + 西 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is using the airplane's bathroom (ai4), but the sun (日) is really strong today. To not get sunburned (晒) and protect himself Sherlock wears a big cowboy hat (西).

晒

曬

shài = sh + ai4

(of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to

洒

灑

sǎ = s + a3

to sprinkle / to spray / to spill / to shed

洒 = 氵 + 西 : Socrates (s) bought a new cowboy hat (西) in the ashram (a3), but it is too small, so he sprinkles (洒) some water from a water bottle (氵) on it. He heard that'll make the hat fit he makes it wet and then wears it.

牺

犧

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

sacrifice

牺 = 牛 + 西 : Marie Curie (xi) is selling an ox (牛) for cheap in front of the space station (Ø1) as a loss leader (牺). To pepper the ox a little up she puts a cowboy hat (西) on his head.

栖

棲

qi̅ = qi + Ø1

to perch / to rest (of birds) / to dwell / to live / to stay

茜

qiàn = qi + an4

Rubia cordifolia / Indian madder / munjeet

茜

xi̅ = xi + Ø1

used in the transliteration of people's names

迺

nǎi = n + ai3