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棲
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
栖
🇨🇳

perch

HSK 10
Nature →Plants →Trees
qī
セイ
す.む
서
Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 妻 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (棲)
木 tree+ 妻 wife =
棲 perch
木 Meaning component
mù tree
妻 Phonetic component
qī wife
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Simplified (栖)
木 tree+ 西 west =
栖 perch
木 Meaning component
mù tree
西 Phonetic component
xī west
west(ern)
View phonetic series →
Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
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Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
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Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
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Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Bronze Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
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Spring and Autumn (771-476 BC)
Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)
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Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Seal Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
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Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
栖
Regular
Modern
Chinese
栖 / 棲 [qī]
to perch; to rest (of birds); to dwell; to live; to stay
Japanese
住処 、 住みか 、 住家 、 棲家 、 棲み処 (rare) 、 栖 (rare) すみか 同音

noun

  1. dwelling; house; home; residence; abode; habitat
  2. den (of criminals, demons, etc.); nest
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
残飯の屑は害虫の住処になる。
Garbage harbors vermin.
Japanese Names
棲 すみえ
Sumie unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (23)
栖息 [qī​xī] #23,350
(of a bird) to perch
栖身 [qī​shēn] #19,101
to stay at
两栖 [liǎng​qī] #26,754
amphibious
栖息地 [qī​xī​dì] #22,089
habitat
栖霞 [Xī​xiá] #32,020
Xixia county level city in Yantai 煙台|烟台, Shandong
两栖动物 [liǎng​qī​dòng​wù] #35,788
amphibian
栖霞区 [Qī​xiá​qū] #43,303
Qixia District of Nanjing City 南京市 in Jiangsu 江蘇|江苏
两栖类 [liǎng​qī​lèi] #54,135
class Amphibia
栖霞市 [Xī​xiá​shì] #56,731
Xixia county level city in Yantai 煙台|烟台, Shandong
陆栖 [lù​qī] #64,470
terrestrial
13 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (28)
⭐ 住まう [すまう] #6,617
to live
⭐ 生息 [せいそく] #11,685
inhabiting
⭐ 棲む [すむ] #13,808
to live (of animals)
⭐ 同棲 [どうせい] #14,070
cohabitation (esp. of an unmarried couple)
住処 [すみか] #15,668
dwelling
群生 [ぐんせい] #29,717
growing en masse in one location (of plants)
⭐ 共生 [きょうせい] #32,929
coexistence
水生 [すいせい] #42,966
aquatic (life)
⭐ 生息地 [せいそくち] #45,503
habitat
両生類 [りょうせいるい] #56,820
amphibia
18 more items
KOREAN WORDS (2)
서식지
habitat
양서류
amphibian