• 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.

• 咅(sound reading (radical/section))
• 阝(village; region)

A section of land divided by distinct sounds becomes a region's administrative division.

• 片(split wood; timber half (pictographic))

An image of half a split log symbolizes a thin piece or fragment.

• 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.

• 咅(sound reading (radical/section))
• 阝(village; region)

A section of land divided by distinct sounds becomes a region's administrative division.

• 片(split wood; timber half (pictographic))

An image of half a split log symbolizes a thin piece or fragment.