Radical What does the radical 西 mean? The radical 西 means west; it has 6 strokes. Quick factsMeaningwestStrokes6Kanji using it13 西6 strokes13 kanjiwestStroke order · 6 strokesWatch it written123456Kanji using this radical煙smoke要necessity腰waist価price栗chestnut標sign漂drifting票ballot茜madder plant覆covering覇supremacy遷moving慄trembling