栖

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See also: 棲
栖 U+6816, 栖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6816
← 栕
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 栗 →

Translingual

Han character

栖 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木一金田 (DMCW), four-corner 41960, composition ⿰木西)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 522, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14693
  • Dae Jaweon: page 910, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1196, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6816

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (西) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
粞 *sɯːl, *sɯːl
洒 *sraːls, *sɯːlʔ
西 *sɯːl
卤 *sɯːl
卥 *sɯːl
栖 *sɯːl, *sɯːls
茜 *sʰɯːns
哂 *hjɯnʔ

Etymology 1

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

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 栖 – see 棲 (“to perch; to roost; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 棲).
Notes:

Etymology 2

trad. 栖/棲*
simp. 栖

Pronunciation

Definitions

栖

  1. Only used in 栖栖 (xīxī).

Japanese

Kanji

栖

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. nest

Readings

  • Go-on: さい (sai)
  • Kan-on: せい (sei)
  • Kun: すむ (sumu, 栖む)、すみか (sumika, 栖)
  • Nanori: す (su)、すみ (sumi)

Korean

Hanja

栖 • (seo) (hangeul 서, revised seo, McCune–Reischauer sŏ, Yale se)

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