栖

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to perch; to rest (of birds); to dwell; to live; to stay

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

木 meaning “tree” + 西 sound ( xī )

Components 木西

perch · Heisig RSH #2612

木 tree + Old West

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
隐栖动物学	yǐn qī dòng wù xué	cryptozoology
底栖生物	dǐ qī shēng wù	benthic organism
两栖动物	liǎng qī dòng wù	amphibian; amphibious animals
底栖有孔虫	dǐ qī yǒu kǒng chóng	benthic foraminifera
偏利共栖	piān lì gòng qī	(biology) to have a commensal relationship with (another organism)
双栖双宿	shuāng qī shuāng sù	see 雙宿雙飛\|双宿双飞[shuang1 su4 shuang1 fei1]
栖息地	qī xī dì	habitat
两栖类	liǎng qī lèi	class Amphibia; amphibians
水栖	shuǐ qī	aquatic; living in water
栖地	qī dì	habitat
栖木	qī mù	roost; perch
栖身	qī shēn	to stay at; to live in (temporarily)
良禽择木而栖	liáng qín zé mù ér qī	a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb); fig. a talented person chooses a patron o…
树栖	shù qī	arboreal; tree-dwelling
共栖	gòng qī	(old) (biology) to have a commensal relationship with (another organism)
两栖	liǎng qī	amphibious; dual-talented; able to work in two different lines
栖居	qī jū	to inhabit; to live in (forests, mountains or wetlands etc)
栖息	qī xī	(of a bird) to perch; (of creatures in general) to inhabit; to dwell
栖住	qī zhù	to dwell; to live
陆栖	lù qī	(of an animal) terrestrial; land-based

Characters sharing the sound component 西 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
西 sound part	xī	west, western, westward
晒	shài	to dry in the sun; to expose to the sun
洒	sǎ	to pour, to spill; to scatter, to shed; to wipe away
牺	xī	to sacrifice, to give up, to die for a cause
茜	qiàn	reed, madder; Rubia cordifolia
溧	lì	a river in Anhui and Jiangsu provinces
哂	shěn	to smile; to laugh at; to sneer
恓	xī	vexed
硒	xī	selenium
舾	xī	equipment onboard a ship
垔	yīn	to restrain; to dam a stream and change its direction; a mound
粞	xī	ground rice; to thresh rice