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棲

qī

perch

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 妻 represents the sound.

Components
木 meaning component

木  Meaning component

mù

  

tree

妻 sound component

妻  Sound component

qī, qì

  

wife

Evolution

棲 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
棲 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
棲 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
棲 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
棲 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

栖 (棲) 

qī

perch; roost; stay; to perch; to rest (of birds); to dwell; to live; to stay

Most common words with 棲
Freq.
Word
Meaning

栖

to perch

栖息

dwelling

栖身

to stay at

两栖

amphibious

栖息地

habitat

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s-nˤər

sej

qī

bird's nest


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.0984% of movies

3001st most common character in movies

2460th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

栖

Unicode

U+68F2

Shuowen

“西，鳥在巢上，象形。日在西方而鳥棲，故因以為東西之西。”


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