栖
棲Meanings
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- 1.used in 栖栖[xī xī]
- 1.to perch
- 2.to rest (of birds)
- 3.to dwell
- 4.to live
- 5.to stay
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Wiktionary
- 1.only used in 栖栖 (xīxī)
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sɯːl, *sɯːls): semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 西 (OC *sɯːl). See 西 (OC *s-nˤər) (Baxter & Sagart, 2014) for etymology.
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
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Related words
两栖 amphibious栖木 roost树栖 arboreal栖居 to inhabit; to live in (forests, mountains or wetlands etc)陆栖 (of an animal) terrestrial; land-based栖地 habitat栖霞 see 栖霞市[Qī xiá Shì]水栖 aquatic栖息 (of a bird) to perch共栖 (old) (biology) to have a commensal relationship with (another organism)栖住 to dwell栖栖 (literary) restless; unsettled