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栖

Traditional: 棲

qī

qī · cai1 (Jyutping)

  1. to perch
  2. to rest (of birds)
  3. to dwell
  4. to live
  5. to stay

xī

  1. used in 棲棲|栖栖[xi1 xi1]

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

栖

Meaning
perch; roost; stay
Radical
木
Strokes
10
Components
⿰木西
Cangjie
DMCW
Four-corner
4196.0

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.

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