席

seat; mat; occasion; place

10 strokes. Taught in grade 4. Newspaper frequency rank 370.

Readings

• セキ (on reading): 席 (せき) seat; 出席 (しゅっせき) attendance
• むしろ (kun reading): 竹席 (たかむしろ) bamboo mat
• Read as a whole word: 寄席 (よせ) entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.)

Components

• 广
• 廿
• 巾
• 一 radical one
• 凵 radical open box
• 巾 radical cloth
• 广 radical house on a cliff

Kanji containing 席

• 蓆 straw mat

Words using 席

• 席 (せき) seat
• 出席 (しゅっせき) attendance
• 欠席 (けっせき) absence
• 座席 (ざせき) seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating)
• 議席 (ぎせき) parliamentary seat
• 寄席 (よせ) entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.)
• 竹席 (たかむしろ) bamboo mat

180 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists