棲
See also: 栖
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Translingual edit
Han character edit
棲 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木十中女 (DJLV), four-corner 45944, composition ⿰木妻)
References edit
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 534, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14980
- Dae Jaweon: page 922, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1229, character 6
- Unihan data for U+68F2
Chinese edit
trad. | 棲 | |
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simp. | 栖* |
Glyph origin edit
Before the Warring States Period, written as '西'. Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *siːl) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 妻 (OC *sʰiːl, *sʰiːls).
Etymology 1 edit
See 西 (OC *s-nˤər) (Baxter & Sagart, 2014) for etymology.
Pronunciation edit
Definitions edit
棲
Compounds edit
Etymology 2 edit
For pronunciation and definitions of 棲 – see 栖 (“used in 栖栖”). (This character is a variant traditional form of 栖). |
Japanese edit
Kanji edit
棲
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)
- (Of humans and other animals) residing (somewhere), living (someplace); inhabiting a nest, den, burrow, etc.
Readings edit
Compounds edit
Compounds
- 水棲 (suisei, “aquatic animals; aquatic life”)
- 同棲 (dōsei, “cohabitation”)
- 陸棲 (rikusei, “land animals; terrestrial life”)
- 両棲類 (ryōseirui, “amphibians”)
Korean edit
Hanja edit
棲 (eumhun 깃들일 서 (gitdeuril seo))
Compounds edit
- 서식 (棲息, seosik, “habitation”)
- 서식지 (棲息地, seosikji, “(ecology) habitat”)
- 양서류 (兩棲類, yangseoryu, “amphibians, amphibia”)
Vietnamese edit
Han character edit
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