席 (zik6 | xi2) : seat; feast; post

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席

zik6

xi2

[1] seat; place
[2] feast; banquet; dinner
[3] post; office; job
[4] [classifier] table; dinner; course

席 is also the simplified form of 蓆 for the meaning of "mat".

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Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: 巾 (#50)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

席

This word has been viewed 6220 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 5th Oct 2010 12:27

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首席 sau2 zik6 shou3 xi2 = chief (representative etc.)

宴席 jin3 zik6 yan4 xi2 = banquet; dinner

主席 zyu2 zik6 zhu3 xi2 = chairperson

席位 zik6 wai6 xi2 wei4 = seat

出席 ceot1 zik6 chu1 xi2 = to attend; to be present

缺席 kyut3 zik6 que1 xi2 = absence; absent

議席 ji5 zik6 yi4 xi2 = seat in a parliament or legislative assembly

入席 jap6 zik6 = sitting; take one's seat

做主席 zou6 zyu2 zik6 zuo4 zhu3 xi2 = to preside over a meeting; to be or work as a chairman

主席臺 zyu2 zik6 toi4 zhu3 xi2 tai2 = rostrum; platform
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Decimal representation of this word: 席
Unicode code for this character: U+5e2d (off-site link)

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