栖
棲xī
#2,455 most
frequent character
used in 棲棲|栖栖[xi1xi1]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
栖 joins 木, a tree, with 西 xī as the sound part, sharing the rhyme. The tree points to the first meaning, a perch or resting place for birds. It grew to mean to roost.
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