棲

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See also: 栖
棲 U+68F2, 棲
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-68F2
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Translingual

Han character

棲 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木十中女 (DJLV), four-corner 45944, composition ⿰木妻)

References

  • 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

trad. 棲
simp. 栖*

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (妻) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
妻 *sʰiːl, *sʰiːls
萋 *sʰiːl
淒 *sʰiːl
凄 *sʰiːl
悽 *sʰiːl
鶈 *sʰiːl
郪 *sʰiːl, *sʰil
緀 *sʰiːl, *sʰiːlʔ
霋 *sʰiːl
棲 *siːl

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

See 西 (OC *s-nˤər) (Baxter & Sagart, 2014) for etymology.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • chhe - literary;
  • soe - vernacular.
    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location 棲
    Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
    Harbin /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/
    Tianjin /t͡ɕʰi²¹/
    Jinan /t͡ɕʰi²¹³/
    Qingdao /t͡sʰi²¹³/
    Zhengzhou /t͡sʰi²⁴/
    Xi'an /t͡ɕʰi²¹/
    Xining /ɕji⁴⁴/
    Yinchuan /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/
    Lanzhou /ɕi³¹/
    /t͡ɕʰi³¹/
    Ürümqi /t͡ɕʰi⁴⁴/
    Wuhan /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
    Chengdu /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
    Guiyang /ɕi⁵⁵/
    Kunming /t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
    Nanjing /t͡sʰi³¹/
    Hefei /t͡sʰz̩²¹/
    Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕʰi¹¹/
    Pingyao
    Hohhot /t͡ɕʰi³¹/
    Wu Shanghai /t͡ɕʰi⁵³/
    Suzhou /t͡sʰi⁵⁵/
    Hangzhou /t͡ɕʰi³³/
    Wenzhou /t͡sʰei³³/
    Hui Shexian /t͡sʰi³¹/
    Tunxi
    Xiang Changsha /t͡sʰi³³/
    Xiangtan /si³³/
    Gan Nanchang
    Hakka Meixian /t͡si⁴⁴/
    Taoyuan /t͡sʰi²⁴/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sʰɐi⁵³/
    Nanning /t͡sʰɐi⁵⁵/
    Hong Kong /t͡sʰɐi⁵³/
    Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /se⁵⁵/
    /t͡sʰe⁵⁵/ ～身
    Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡sʰɛ⁴⁴/
    Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡sʰi⁵⁴/
    Shantou (Teochew) /t͡sʰi³³/
    Haikou (Hainanese) /si²³/
    Rime
    Character 棲
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 心 (16)
    Final (韻) 齊 (39)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) IV
    Fanqie 先稽切
    Baxter sej
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/sei/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/sei/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/sɛi/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/sɛj/
    Li
    Rong         		/sei/
    Wang
    Li         		/siei/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/siei/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		xī
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		sai1
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 棲
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		qī
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ sej ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*s-nˁər/
    English bird"s nest

    Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

    * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
    * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
    * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
    * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

    * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 棲
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 9924
    Phonetic
    component         		妻
    Rime
    group         		脂
    Rime
    subdivision         		1
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		西
    Old
    Chinese         		/*siːl/

    Definitions

    棲

    1. to perch
    2. to roost
    3. to stay

    Compounds

    Etymology 2

    For pronunciation and definitions of 棲 – see 栖 (“used in 栖栖”).
    (This character is a variant traditional form of 栖).

    Japanese

    Kanji

    棲

    (Jinmeiyō kanji)

    1. (Of humans and other animals) residing (somewhere), living (someplace); inhabiting a nest, den, burrow, etc.

    Readings

    • Go-on: さい (sai)
    • Kan-on: せい (sei)
    • Kun: すむ (sumu, 棲む)、す (su, 棲)

    Compounds

    Korean

    Hanja

    棲 (eumhun 깃들일 서 (gitdeuril seo))

    1. hanja form? of 서 (“roost”)

    Compounds

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    棲: Hán Nôm readings: thê

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