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棲 = 妻 + 木

棲 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “roost”. It is built from 妻 (wife) and 木 (tree). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2559.

Keyword
roost
RTK frame
2559
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
セイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
す.む
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
live, петух
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
棲 perch

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 妻 wife
  2. 木 tree

How to find 棲 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “wife” + “tree”. 棲 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 棲 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.