| Chinese Text Project |
| 棲 U+68F2 |  Seal script | 栖 Semantic variant Simplified character |
| Radical: | 木+ 8 strokes = 12 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.90#15 Kangxi: p.534#17 Cihai: p.704r4c02 GSR: 592.l Hanyu: v2,p1229#06 |
| Composition: | Left: 木, right: 妻. |
| Mandarin: | qī xī ㄑㄧ ㄒㄧ |
| Cantonese: | cai1 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *sei |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上平聲·齊·西》棲：鳥棲。《說文》曰：或从木西。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·木部·八》棲：《玉篇》同栖。鳥棲也。又《博雅》棲謂之牀。《詩·陳風》衡門之下，可以棲遲。又草名。《詩·大雅》如彼棲苴。《傳》水中浮草曰棲苴。又《集韻》《類篇》𠀤千西切，音妻。棲棲，簡閱車馬貌。《詩·小雅》六月棲棲，戎車旣飭。又棲屑，往來貌。《後魏·裴安傳》京師遼遠，實憚棲屑。 |
| Fanqie: | 先稽 (《廣韻·上平聲·齊·西》) |
| Unihan definition: | perch; roost; stay |
Example usage
| 《孟子·萬章上》: | 牛羊父母，倉廩父母，干戈朕，琴朕，弤朕，二嫂使治朕棲。 |
| Let my parents have his oxen and sheep. Let them have his storehouses and granaries. His shield and spear shall be mine. His lute shall be mine. His bow shall be mine. His two wives I shall make attend for me to my bed. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 種、蠡不強諫而山棲，俾其君詘社稷之靈而童僕，又終斃吳，賢皆不足邵也，至蠡策種而遁，肥矣哉！ |
| Wen Zhong and Fan Li did not strongly remonstrate against King Gou Jian of Yue's plan to attack the state of Wu, and he was held by King Fuchai of Wu for three years on Mount Kuaiji. They caused their ruler to yield the altars of the spirits of earth and become a servant boy to King Fuchai. In the end, they destroyed Wu, but none of them were good enough to be considered worthy. In the end Fan Li sent Wen Zhong a letter warning him to flee and then escaped to go fatten himself! | |
| 《墨子·魯問》: | 昔者，吳王東伐越，棲諸會稽，西伐楚，葆昭王於隨。 |
| Formerly, the Lord of Wu attacked Yue on the east and drove (Lord Gou Jian of Yue) to take refuge upon Guiji. He attacked Chu on the west and hold fast Lord Zhao at Sui. | |
| 《莊子·至樂》: | 種有幾，得水則為㡭，得水土之際則為蛙蠙之衣，生於陵屯則為陵舄，陵舄得鬱棲則為烏足，烏足之根為蠐螬，其葉為蝴蝶。 |
| 'The seeds (of things) are multitudinous and minute. On the surface of the water they form a membranous texture. When they reach to where the land and water join they become the (lichens which we call the) clothes of frogs and oysters. Coming to life on mounds and heights, they become the plantain; and, receiving manure, appear as crows' feet. The roots of the crow's foot become grubs, and its leaves, butterflies. | |
| 《詩經·君子于役》: | 雞棲于塒、日之夕矣、羊牛下來。 |
| The fowls roost in their holes in the walls; And in the evening of the day, The goats and cows come down [from the hill]. | |
| 《荀子·王制》: | 務本事，積財物，而勿忘棲遲薛越也，是使群臣百姓皆以制度行，則財物積，國家案自富矣。 |
| 《說苑·辨物》: | 於是鳳乃遂集東囿，食帝竹實，棲帝梧樹，終身不去 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷二》: | 《詩》曰：『衡門之下，可以棲遲。』 |
| 《大戴禮記·保傅》: | 燕昭王得郭隗，而鄒衍樂毅，以齊至，於是舉兵而攻齊，棲閔王於莒。 |
| 《新書·耳痺》: | 子胥發鬱冒忿，輔闔閭而行大虐，還十五年，闔閭沒而夫差即位，乃與越人戰江上，棲之會稽。 |
| 《新序·義勇》: | 陳恒弒君，使勇士六人劫子淵棲，子淵棲曰：「子之欲與我，以我為知乎？」 |
| 《中論·夭壽》: | 或見危而授命，或望善而遐舉，或被髮而狂歌，或三黜而不去，或辭聘而山棲，或忍辱而俯就，豈得責以聖人也哉？ |
| 《潛夫論·卜列》: | 呼魚為鳥，可棲之木邪？ |
| 《論衡·感虛》: | 《傳書》又言：「伯益作井，龍登玄雲，神棲崑崙。」 |
| 《太玄經·上》: | 上九，棲于菑，初亡後得基。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 時亦昏冥，遂上樓，與婦人棲宿 |
| 《孔叢子·論勢》: | 夫連雞不能上棲，亦猶二國構難不能自免於秦也 |
| 《申鑒·雜言上》: | 會稽之棲，霸越之基也。 |
| 《素書·安禮章》: | 地薄者大物不產，水淺者大魚不遊，樹禿者大禽不棲，林踈者大獸不居。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·胡公碑》: | 是以君子勤禮，小人知恥，鞠推息于官曹，刑戮廢于朝市，餘貨委于路衢，餘種棲于畎畝。 |
| 《鶡冠子·近迭》: | 無萬人之智者，智不能棲世學之上。 |
| 《列仙傳·方回》: | 咀嚼雲英，棲心隙漠。 |
| 《韓非子·揚權》: | 毋弛而弓，一棲兩雄。 |
| 《管子·輕重甲》: | 君求焉而無止，民無以待之，走亡而棲山阜。 |
| 《六韜·鳥雲山兵》: | 太公曰：「凡三軍處山之高，則為敵所棲。」 |
| 《尉繚子·攻權》: | 卒聚將至，深入其地，錯絕其道，棲其大城大邑，使之登城逼危，男女數重，各逼地形，而攻要塞。 |
| 《淮南子·齊俗訓》: | 夫飛鳥主巢，狐狸主穴，巢者巢成而得棲焉，穴者穴成而得宿焉。 |
| 《史記·吳太伯世家》: | 越王句踐乃以甲兵五千人棲於會稽，使大夫種因吳太宰嚭而行成，請委國為臣妾。 |
| 《國語·越語下》: | 果興師而伐吳，戰于五湖，不勝，棲于會稽 |
| 《吳越春秋》: | 遂棲吳王於姑胥之山。 |
| 《越絕書》: | 秦餘杭山者，越王棲吳夫差山也，去縣五十里。 |
| 《戰國策》: | 諸侯不可一，猶連雞之不能俱止於棲之明矣。 |
| 《鹽鐵論·毀學》: | 儒、墨內貪外矜，往來游說，棲棲然亦未為得也。 |
| 《列女傳·楚老萊妻》: | 《詩》曰：「衡門之下，可以棲遲，泌之洋洋，可以療饑。」 |
| 《漢書·敘傳上》: | 夫德不得後身而特盛，功不得背時而獨章，是以聖咝之治，棲棲皇皇，孔席不飕，墨突不黔。 |
| 《後漢書·西羌傳》: | 今者衰困，黨援壞沮，親屬離叛，餘勝兵者不過數百，亡逃棲竄，遠依發羌。 |
| 《穆天子傳·卷二》: | 曰：「舂山，百獸之所聚也，飛鳥之所棲也。」 |
| 《西京雜記·第一》: | 漢掖庭有月影臺、雲光殿、九華殿、鳴鸞殿、開襟閣、臨池觀，不在簿籍，皆繁華窈窕之所棲宿焉。 |
| 《周禮·冬官考工記》: | 張皮侯而棲鵠，則春以功。 |
| 《楚辭·九辯》: | 眾鳥皆有所登棲兮，鳳獨遑遑而無所集。 |
| 《山海經·大荒西經》: | 江山之南棲為吉，不壽者乃八百歲。 |
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