Chen Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Tree (mù)
棲
Kangxi strokes: 12
Page 522, Entry 01
According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), this is the same as the character for roosting. It refers to birds resting. Also, according to the Guangya (Boya), it refers to a bed.
In the Book of Odes (Shijing), Chen Wind (Chenfeng): Underneath the door made of crossbeams, one may stop and rest.
It also refers to a type of grass.
In the Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes (Daya): Like that floating grass in the water.
The Commentary (Zhuan) notes: Grass floating in the water is called roosting grass.
According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and the Categorized Chapters (Leipian), pronounced qi.
Qi-qi refers to the appearance of carriages and horses being arranged in an orderly and busy manner.
In the Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes (Xiaoya): In the sixth month, the activity is constant; the military chariots are already prepared.
Qi-xie describes the appearance of traveling back and forth in a state of exhaustion.
In the Biography of Pei An (Pei An Zhuan) of the Later Wei (Houwei): The capital is far away, and I truly fear the exhaustion of traveling back and forth.