Chinese characters : Query result

Character: 棲

Modern (Beijing) reading: qī

Preclassic Old Chinese: shǝ̄j

Classic Old Chinese: shǝ̄j

Western Han Chinese: shǝ̄j

Eastern Han Chinese: shǝ̄j

Early Postclassic Chinese: shǝ̄j

Middle Postclassic Chinese: shǝ̄j

Late Postclassic Chinese: shǝ̄j

Middle Chinese: siej

English meaning : to roost, rest; bird's nest

Russian meaning[s]: 1) отдыхать; найти приют, приютиться; сидеть на насесте; приют, пристанище; насест; птичье гнездо; 2) перен. постель; место ночлега

Comments: For *sh cf. Fuzhou chä¹, Jianou chai⁵ (the latter reflecting a variant *shǝ̄j-s).

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Radical: 75

Four-angle index: 8802

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