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席 — 10 strokes / Radical「巾」

道
7Elementary year 4 / 10 strokes / Radical「巾」
On
セキせき · seki
Kun
—
Meaning
seat, place

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Made of 广 (building) and 巾 (cloth), it depicts a mat spread to sit on, and came to mean seat or place.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセキせきseki席上せきじょう座席ざせき出席しゅっせき

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 出席しゅっせき

    attendance

  • 欠席けっせき

    absence

More words with this kanji

  • 座席ざせき
  • 欠席届けっせきとどけ
  • 即席そくせき
  • 陪席ばいせき
  • 席捲せっけん
  • 枡席ますせき

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

今日(きょう)の会(かい)に出席(しゅっせき)する。

I will attend today's meeting.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

出席欠席席出exit欠to lac…希hope帯belt巾cloth巴comma…布cloth潟lagoon積to pil…夕evenin…斥reject石stone
CompoundRadicalReading

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