U+68F2 "棲" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
棲
U+68F2 "棲" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "to perch," "to roost," or "to dwell," often used in the context of birds resting in trees or people residing in a place. It is composed of the "wood" radical on the left and a phonetic component on the right, reflecting its connection to trees and habitation. This character appears in traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, where it can form part of words related to nesting, living environments, or even metaphorical "dwelling" in a state or situation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+68F2 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 棲 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 棲 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xA3 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x68F2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000068F2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u68f2 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B4CF |
| kCCCII | 21446E |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5F74 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5F74 |
| kCangjie | DJLV |
| kCantonese | cai1 |
| kCihaiT | 704.402 |
| kCowles | 4701 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0922.130 |
| kDefinition | perch; roost; stay |
| kEACC | 21446E |
| kFanqie | 先稽 |
| kFenn | 668F |
| kFennIndex | 38.01 159.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 4594.4 |
| kGradeLevel | 6 |
| kGSR | 0592l |
| kHangul | 서:0N |
| kHanYu | 21229.060 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21229.060:qī,xī |
| kHKGlyph | 1942 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0922.130 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21229.060 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0534.170 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-465C |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B4CF |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4033 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E1EF |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5F78 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5F74 |
| kJapanese | セイ サイ すむ |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | SUMU |
| kJapaneseOn | SEI |
| kJis0 | 3219 |
| kKangXi | 0534.170 |
| kKorean | SE |
| kMandarin | qī |
| kMatthews | 2462 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3258 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ014085 |
| kMorohashi | 14980 |
| kNelson | 2297 |
| kPhonetic | 55 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2647+75.4.8 |
| kRSUnicode | 75.8 |
| kSBGY | 090.15 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+6816<kMatthews,kMeyerWempe |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "栖" U+6816 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 322.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | qī粵cai1 xī粵cai1,sai1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2776 |
| kTang | *sei |
| kTotalStrokes | 12 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kXerox | 257:346 |
| kXHC1983 | 0894.031:qī |