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Kanji Detail for 棲 - "dwell, nest, live"
棲
- Meaning
棲 means "dwell, nest, live."
Dwell - To live; to reside; to inhabit.
Nest - Where birds make their home.
Roost - To settle down; to rest.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
live; dwell
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
perch; roost; stay
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to perch; to rest (of birds); to dwell; to live; to stay
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
perch, roost, to stay
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To rest. Same as 栖. 棲遲 means to rest and wander. | A cage. From "Mencius": "The two sisters-in-law were ordered to manage my chicken coop." | 棲棲: Appearance of inspecting horses and carriages. From "Book of Odes."
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
- Strokes
- Radical
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Sentences including 棲
同棲したこと？
They moved in together?
They lived together for two years before they got married.