Chinese symbol for “roost”
栖木
qī mù
Traditional: 棲木
roost; perch
The closest CC-CEDICT match for roost is 栖木 (qī mù), defined as: roost; perch.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 栖木.
| 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 |
| 木材 | mù cái | wood |
| 树木 (樹木) | shù mù | tree |
See also: Japanese symbol for “roost”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.