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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
- to perch
- to rest (of birds)
- to dwell
- to live
- to stay
- used in 棲棲|栖栖[xi1xi1]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 19,815 16,626 14,424

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

西

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

西

Semantic:

Hint:

Tree

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
栖身 - - 19,101 40,399 44,839
- - 19,815 16,626 14,424
栖息地 - - 22,089 - -
栖息 - - 23,350 16,468 14,326
两栖 - 9 26,754 31,091 43,871
两栖动物 - - 35,788 88,684 71,281