• 西(west; setting sun with bird on nest)

A bird returning to its nest as the sun sets in the west depicts the character for west.

• 乃(to be; then; only now (depicting labored breath escaping))

The character depicts curved breath or a bending line, meaning "then" or "only then."

• 西(west; setting sun with bird on nest)

A bird returning to its nest as the sun sets in the west depicts the character for west.

• 乃(to be; then; only now (depicting labored breath escaping))

The character depicts curved breath or a bending line, meaning "then" or "only then."