棲 — seo

Parts that make up 棲

How 棲 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 棲 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 木, 妻.

Korean example words with 棲

• 공서共棲 Korean gloss: 전혀 다른 것이 함께함
• 서식棲息 Korean gloss: 생물 따위가 일정한 곳에 자리를 잡고 삶
• 서은하다棲隱 Korean gloss: 세상을 피하여 숨어서 살다
• 서식처棲息處 Korean gloss: 동물이 깃들여 사는 곳
• 서식지棲息地 Korean gloss: 생물 따위가 일정한 곳에 자리를 잡고 사는 곳
• 서소棲巢 Korean gloss: 새의 둥지.
• 수서水棲 Korean gloss: 물에서 삶.
• 육서陸棲 Korean gloss: 뭍에서 삶.
• 유서幽棲 Korean gloss: 그윽한 거주.
• 구서舊棲 Korean gloss: 예전에 살던 집.
• 서혈棲穴 Korean gloss: 짐승이 사는 굴.
• 계서鷄棲 Korean gloss: 닭을 가두어 두는 장.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 棲

• 同棲どうせい cohabitation (esp. of an unmarried couple); living together
• 棲むすむ to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
• 隠棲いんせい secluded life
• 旧棲きゅうせい old home; former home; old nest
• 幽棲ゆうせい living a quiet life in seclusion away from the masses
• 棲遅せいち living in tranquility; retiring to the countryside; retirement house
• 半同棲はんどうせい almost living together; spending most nights with one's partner
• 棲み分けすみわけ habitat isolation; compartmentalization; segregation
• 両棲動物りょうせいどうぶつ amphibious animal
• 終の棲家ついのすみか one's final abode
• 爬虫両棲類学はちゅうりょうせいるいがく herpetology
• 水清ければ魚棲まずみずきよければうおすまず the morally upright have a hard time making friends; fish will not live in water that is (too) clean

Characters sharing the phonetic 妻

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “처” in Korean.

Other hanja read “서”

Other hanja with radical 木