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棲

棲 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. すむ。すみか。
  2. 寝床。
  3. 車馬をしらべるさま。
  4. 往来するさま。
  5. そろうさま。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「木」+音符「妻」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

live, dwell

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • セイ
Kun (native)
  • す(む)
Nanori (used in names)
  • ずみ
Other languages
  • 拼音qi1
  • 拼音xi1
  • 한글seo
  • Hán-ViệtTê
  • Hán-ViệtThê

Basics

Strokes
12 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+68F2

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木妻

Words using this kanji

  • 棲むすむすむを参照。to live (of animals), to inhabit, to nest
  • 棲遅せいち心静かにゆったりと住むこと。 仕官せず、隠棲すること。living in tranquility, retiring to the countryside, retirement house
  • 棲み分けすみわけ「すみわけ」の漢字表記。habitat isolation, compartmentalization, segregation, isolation

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(13 results)

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Lookup codes

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4594.4
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4a8.16
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2559
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2297