栖
xīqī HSK7

perch

栖 (棲) xī frequency
restless adverb
used in 栖栖 xī​xī, meaning busy or restless

他为了生活，整天在外奔波，显得栖栖遑遑。

tā wèi​le shēng​huó, zhěng​tiān zài wài bēn​bō, xiǎn​de xī xī huáng​huáng.

To make a living, he spent all day running about, appearing restless and hurried.

栖 (棲) qī
dwell verb
to live, stay, or reside in a place

他在这个偏僻的山村里暂栖了几天。

tā zài zhè gè piān​pì de shān​cūn lǐ zàn qī le jǐ tiān.

He stayed in this remote mountain village for a few days.

perch verb
to perch or rest (specifically used for birds)

那只翠鸟静静地栖在河边的树枝上。

nà zhī cuì​niǎo jìng​jìng de qī zài hé biān de shù​zhī shàng.

The kingfisher perched quietly on a branch by the river.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,460th most common 20.0 per million
Movie subtitles
3,000th most common 3.50 per million appears in 2% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.10 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
3.84 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Traditional
棲
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+6816

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)