席 – seat, mat, occasion

10 strokesTaught in grade 4#370 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 席 means seat, mat, occasion, place. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セキ (seki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is むしろ (mushiro). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 巾 (no. 50).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セキ	seki
Kun’yomi	むしろ	mushiro

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 巾 (Kangxi radical 50). Components: 巾・广・一・凵.

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)客席きゃくせきguest seating (e.g. theater, stadium)着席ちゃくせきtaking a seat

Example sentences

この席を見ていてくれませんか。

Can you save this seat for me?

Tatoeba #220886

委員は全員出席している。

The committee are all present.

Tatoeba #191119

欠席された友人たちのために、乾杯しましょう。

Let's drink to absent friends.

Tatoeba #175959

Kanji with the same radical

市常帰師幅帯幕布希帳帽幣巾

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