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栖

Character · NounTraditional棲

used in place names or personal names

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Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

noun

used in place names or personal names

archaic

This pronunciation is only used in specific proper nouns, not in common daily expressions.

Qī栖
xián贤
xiāng乡
wèi位
yú于
sì四
chuān川
shěng省
běi北
bù部
 。

Qixian Township is located in northern Sichuan Province.

Gǔ古
dài代
wén文
rén人
duō多
yǒu有
yǐ以
‘qī‘
wéi栖
 ’
míng为
de名
zì的
hào字
 号
 。

Ancient scholars often used '栖' as their courtesy name or pen name.