栖 — Chinese character
栖
qī
perch, roost, to stay
- Pinyin
- qī
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 木 西
- Formation
- pictophonetic — tree; meaning component 木; sound component 西
- Traditional
- 棲
- Japanese
- 栖 as a kanji
Common words with 栖
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 栖息 (棲息) | qī xī | (of a bird) to perch; (of creatures in general) to inhabit; to dwell |
| 栖息地 (棲息地) | qī xī dì | habitat |
| 两栖 (兩棲) | liǎng qī | amphibious; dual-talented |
| 栖身 (棲身) | qī shēn | to stay at; to live in (temporarily) |
| 栖地 (棲地) | qī dì | habitat |
| 两栖动物 (兩棲動物) | liǎng qī dòng wù | amphibian; amphibious animals |
| 栖居 (棲居) | qī jū | to inhabit; to live in (forests, mountains or wetlands etc) |
| 两栖类 (兩棲類) | liǎng qī lèi | class Amphibia; amphibians |
| 陆栖 (陸棲) | lù qī | (of an animal) terrestrial; land-based |
| 水栖 (水棲) | shuǐ qī | aquatic; living in water |
| 底栖生物 (底棲生物) | dǐ qī shēng wù | benthic organism |
| 栖木 (棲木) | qī mù | roost; perch |
English words written with 栖
栖 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 2 · Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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