Kanji Database
English
席

席 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 。
  2. 会合などで、各々の参加者が占有する場所。
  3. 会合又は会合などに参加すること。
  4. 会合や組織における地位。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「巾」+音符「石」。「むしろ」を意味する漢語｛席｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

seat, mat, occasion, place

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • セキElem.
Kun (native)
  • むしろ
Other languages
  • 拼音xi2
  • 한글seog
  • Hán-ViệtTịch

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
干(かん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+5E2D

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸广𫷄

Words using this kanji

  • 席せき（セキ）会合などにおいて、各々の参加者が占有する場所。 （セキ）会合や組織における参加する資格。seat, location (of a gathering, etc.), place, position
  • 席上せきじょう座席や敷物の上。 会合や会議の場。at the meeting, on the occasion
  • 席巻せっけんを巻くように、土地を片端から攻め取ること。転じて、勢力範囲を急速に拡大させること。「席」は「むしろ」の意。 蓆を巻くように、土地を片端から攻め取る。転じて、勢力範囲を急速に拡大させる。sweeping (over, across), conquering, overwhelming
  • 席順せきじゅん座席に座る順序。席次。seating order
  • 席次せきじ座席などの順位や順序。 成績や地位の順位。seating order, precedence, ranking, rank
  • 席画せきがimpromptu drawing composed at a gathering
  • 席料せきりょう座敷、貸し席の料金。 寄席の入場料。cover charge, admission fee, room hire charge
  • 席外せきがいleaving one's seat
  • 席亭せきていentertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.), vaudeville theater (theatre), music hall, vaudeville theater manager
  • 席題せきだいsubject for a poem (announced during a meeting of poets)
  • 席種せきしゅseating type (esp. for a ticketed event), seat class
  • 席数せきすうnumber of seats, seating capacity
  • 席替えせきがえ教室などで生徒の座るべき座席を変更すること。moving to new seats, moving to new desks
  • 席入りせきいりentering a tea room
  • 席次表せきじひょうseating plan (e.g. banquet), seating chart
  • 席取りせきとり「せきとり」の漢字表記。saving a seat (e.g. by leaving something on it), holding a seat (for a friend, etc.), reserving a place
  • 席割りせきわりseat allocation, fee paid to a performer (at a vaudeville hall), appearance fee
  • 席に着くせきにつくto sit on a seat
  • 席を外すせきをはずすto leave one's seat, to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.), to step outside, to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
  • 席を譲るせきをゆずるto give one's seat to someone, to offer one's seat

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(179 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
3-3-7
Four Corner
0022.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3q7.4
Heisig
1277
Nelson
1513