关西 Traditional form: 關西 Pinyin (reading): Guānxī Definitions: Kansai region, Japan Guanxi or Kuanhsi town in Hsinchu County 新竹縣/新竹县 ( Xīnzhú Xiàn), northwest Taiwan Characters: 关 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation 西 - west, western, westward Traditional characters: 關 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation 西 - west, western, westward