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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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 妻
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*sʰiːl, *sʰiːls
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| 萋
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*sʰiːl
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| 淒
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*sʰiːl
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| 凄
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*sʰiːl
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| 悽
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*sʰiːl
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| 鶈
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*sʰiːl
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| 郪
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*sʰiːl, *sʰil
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| 緀
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*sʰiːl, *sʰiːlʔ
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| 霋
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*sʰiːl
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| 棲
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*siːl
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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.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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棲
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qī
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ sej ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*s-nˁər/
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| English
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bird"s nest
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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.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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棲
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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9924
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Phonetic
component
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妻
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Rime
group
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脂
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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西
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Old
Chinese
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/*siːl/
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Definitions
棲
- to perch
- to roost
- 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)
- (Of humans and other animals) residing (somewhere), living (someplace); inhabiting a nest, den, burrow, etc.
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
棲 (eumhun 깃들일 서 (gitdeuril seo))
- hanja form? of 서 (“roost”)
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
棲: Hán Nôm readings: thê
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