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| − | <WL>栖(F棲) [qī] 栖息 qīxī (of birds) | + | <WL>栖(F棲) [qī] 栖息 qīxī (of birds) nest/roost/perch; dwell/stay; 两栖 amphibious@@; (HDZ:) … [xī] 栖栖 jumpy |
| − | The character 栖 qī | + | The simple-form character 栖 qī ‘nest’ is an old variant of the full-form character 棲, formerly wr. simply 西 (which is the right-side component of the simple form 栖). |
| − | + | The simple-form character 栖 qī ‘to nest/roost, rest the night’ (栖宿) combines 木 (mù) ‘tree’, and 西(㢴) qī/xī ‘nest/west’ (phonosemantic); formerly wr. 棲(). | |
| − | The full form 棲() combines 木 (mù) ‘tree’, and 妻(𡜽) qī ‘consort/wife’ ( | + | Compare: 西(㢴) qī/xī ‘nest/west’ (said to depict a bird on its nest); today mainly 西 xī ‘west’, but formerly 西 qī ‘nest’ (later wr. 棲, and 栖, which is today used as the simple form). |
| + | The full-form character 棲 is just one of several older variant forms of the character formerly read 西 qī ‘nest’; cf. 西 xī ‘west’. | ||
| + | The Shuōwén Seal form of 棲() ‘nest’ combines 木 (mù) ‘tree’, and 妻(𡜽) qī ‘consort/wife’ (phonosemantic): the female (wife) bird nests (broods on her eggs) in a nest, built in a tree; the main SW form is 西(㢴), formerly also wr. 卥(), 卤(), and later wr. 栖 (which is today used as the simple form). | ||
HDZ: 栖 : (SBGY:) 栖/棲 (cf. 棲) | HDZ: 栖 : (SBGY:) 栖/棲 (cf. 棲) | ||
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