Read Edit View history Discussion 棲 qīxī perch Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 妻 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 栖 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 棲 Simp strokes 棲 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 棲 Simp strokes 棲 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 棲 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 103, 484 ], [ 162, 483 ], [ 354, 542 ], [ 402, 545 ] ], [ [ 250, 825 ], [ 301, 771 ], [ 290, 247 ], [ 275, 69 ], [ 276, -6 ] ], [ [ 269, 482 ], [ 248, 398 ], [ 195, 302 ], [ 119, 196 ], [ 49, 118 ] ], [ [ 319, 379 ], [ 374, 347 ], [ 394, 322 ] ], [ [ 489, 657 ], [ 517, 652 ], [ 561, 655 ], [ 726, 695 ], [ 768, 696 ] ], [ [ 482, 533 ], [ 536, 534 ], [ 710, 584 ], [ 731, 584 ], [ 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2 Q 263 -16 271 -19 Q 277 -26 284 -17 Q 311 -1 311 62 Q 310 99 312 357 L 313 387 Q 313 439 315 501 L 316 558 Q 316 681 337 758 Q 352 783 322 803 Q 307 815 282 829 Q 260 845 239 831 Q 235 827 241 811 Q 274 763 274 691 Q 274 616 275 541 L 270 390 Z", "M 261 485 Q 210 344 42 121 Q 36 111 48 110 Q 73 110 185 251 Q 230 309 270 390 C 332 513 272 513 261 485 Z", "M 312 357 Q 315 357 375 315 Q 387 306 399 308 Q 406 309 409 320 Q 412 332 402 354 Q 395 370 368 379 Q 341 385 313 387 C 283 389 285 370 312 357 Z", "M 640 651 Q 769 681 775 686 Q 784 693 779 701 Q 772 711 746 718 Q 725 721 642 695 L 594 682 Q 548 672 496 666 Q 462 660 487 645 Q 517 629 593 640 L 640 651 Z", "M 755 391 Q 764 434 773 460 L 790 501 Q 800 525 817 538 Q 833 557 817 574 Q 801 587 748 609 Q 729 615 709 606 Q 670 588 635 576 L 591 563 Q 539 550 487 542 Q 472 541 474 531 Q 477 524 494 519 Q 518 510 548 522 Q 567 528 590 532 L 633 543 Q 663 552 695 559 Q 714 565 722 557 Q 734 547 725 487 L 719 455 Q 712 425 705 398 C 698 369 749 362 755 391 Z", "M 773 460 Q 819 466 876 468 Q 930 468 936 477 Q 940 487 926 497 Q 881 528 826 510 Q 808 507 790 501 L 725 487 Q 662 477 628 468 L 586 460 Q 501 447 409 430 Q 393 427 405 415 Q 417 405 431 401 Q 447 397 460 402 Q 518 421 585 433 L 626 441 Q 666 450 719 455 L 773 460 Z", "M 574 335 Q 646 351 761 363 Q 771 364 772 373 Q 772 380 755 391 L 705 398 Q 702 399 700 398 Q 660 388 622 377 L 580 368 Q 525 358 477 350 Q 458 347 470 332 Q 485 317 532 327 Q 538 328 546 329 L 574 335 Z", "M 635 576 Q 636 615 640 651 L 642 695 Q 652 779 666 825 Q 670 837 650 852 Q 614 871 590 876 Q 574 880 566 871 Q 559 864 566 848 Q 594 805 593 777 Q 594 731 594 682 L 593 640 Q 592 603 591 563 L 590 532 Q 589 498 586 460 L 585 433 Q 582 402 580 368 C 578 338 621 347 622 377 Q 623 410 626 441 L 628 468 Q 629 507 633 543 L 635 576 Z", "M 587 248 Q 596 267 606 278 Q 616 285 613 294 Q 609 307 575 335 Q 574 336 574 335 C 550 354 540 358 546 329 Q 546 328 548 324 Q 555 300 532 240 L 516 208 Q 494 181 498 164 Q 499 154 516 150 Q 559 138 603 112 L 641 91 Q 702 54 796 -26 Q 820 -47 837 -46 Q 856 -47 857 -28 Q 858 -9 832 35 Q 819 63 671 125 L 628 143 Q 589 159 559 168 Q 540 172 551 191 Q 560 206 568 217 L 587 248 Z", "M 739 271 Q 721 299 699 300 Q 686 301 687 287 Q 688 275 686 262 L 675 231 Q 639 159 628 143 L 603 112 Q 530 40 441 21 Q 425 17 409 12 Q 396 8 405 3 Q 451 -13 532 16 Q 572 31 627 77 L 641 91 L 671 125 Q 680 155 726 211 Q 735 223 750 238 C 758 246 757 247 739 271 Z", "M 750 238 Q 822 244 915 244 Q 981 244 987 253 Q 991 263 977 275 Q 926 315 860 294 Q 806 285 739 271 L 686 262 Q 683 262 587 248 L 532 240 Q 442 230 347 216 Q 328 215 342 199 Q 355 186 371 182 Q 390 178 404 181 Q 456 197 516 208 L 568 217 Q 586 221 608 223 Q 638 229 675 231 L 750 238 Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese 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