Hanja Analyzer
席

席 — seok

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
자리 석
Romanization
seok
English
seat; mat; take seat; banquet
Mandarin
xí
Japanese on'yomi
セキ, シャク
Japanese kun'yomi
むしろ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#370 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
巾 (50, 7 residual)
Unicode
U+5E2D

How 席 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 席 as a phonetic compound involving 庶, 巾.

Korean example words with 席

  • 석차席次 Korean gloss: 성적의 차례
  • 착석着席 Korean gloss: 자리에 앉음
  • 별석別席 Korean gloss: 따로 베푼 자리
  • 여석餘席 Korean gloss: 남아 있는 자리
  • 주석主席 Korean gloss: 주가 되는 자리
  • 고석藁席 Korean gloss: 깔개로 쓰는 거적
  • 세석細席 Korean gloss: 올이 가는 돗자리
  • 사석私席 Korean gloss: 사적인 모임의 자리
  • 연석宴席 Korean gloss: 잔치를 베푸는 자리
  • 특석特席 Korean gloss: 특별히 마련한 좌석
  • 좌석座席 Korean gloss: 여러 사람이 모인 자리
  • 초석草席 Korean gloss: 짚으로 엮어 만든 자리

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 席

  • 議席ぎせき parliamentary seat
  • 主席しゅせき head; chief; chairman
  • 出席しゅっせき attendance; presence; appearance
  • 席せき seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place
  • 打席だせき batter's box; one's turn at bat
  • 席上せきじょう at the meeting; on the occasion
  • 同席どうせき being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with
  • 座席ざせき seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating
  • 出席者しゅっせきしゃ attendee; participant; person present
  • 客席きゃくせき guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audience
  • 欠席けっせき absence; non-attendance
  • 空席くうせき empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy

Other hanja read “석”

Other hanja with radical 巾

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