席
woven mat; seat; banquet; place in a democratic assembly; classifier for banquets, conversations etc
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #963 U+5E2D
How 席 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A cloth 巾 or straw 艹 mat in the house 广
How to remember it
mat · Heisig RSH #977
caverns + 巾 towel
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 席
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一席之地 | yī xí zhī dì | (acknowledged) place; a role to play; niche |
| 国家主席 | guó jiā zhǔ xí | president (title of the head of state of China and several other nations) |
| 主席国 | zhǔ xí guó | chair country; country holding revolving presidency |
| 首席大法官 | shǒu xí dà fǎ guān | Chief Justice (of US Supreme Court) |
| 流水席 | liú shuǐ xí | banquet where guests arrive at various times and are served with food as they arrive |
| 主席台 | zhǔ xí tái | rostrum; platform; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 出席者 | chū xí zhě | attendee |
| 席德尼 | Xí dé ní | Sidney or Sydney (name) |
| 一席话 | yī xí huà | the content of a conversation; words; remarks |
| 毛主席语录 | Máo zhǔ xí Yǔ lù | Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, published 1964–1979 and widely distributed during t… |
| 毛主席 | Máo zhǔ xí | Chairman Mao; Mao Zedong 毛澤東|毛泽东[Mao2 Ze2 dong1] (1893–1976), Chinese Communist leader |
| 证人席 | zhèng rén xí | witness stand or box |
| 首席法官 | shǒu xí fǎ guān | Chief Justice |
| 听君一席话，胜读十年书 | tīng jūn yī xí huà , shèng dú shí nián shū | listening to the words of a wise man can be superior to studying ten years of books (prove… |
| 满汉全席 | Mǎn Hàn quán xí | the Manchu Han imperial feast, a legendary banquet in the Qing dynasty; (fig.) a sumptuous… |
| 席地而坐 | xí dì ér zuò | (idiom) to sit on the ground or the floor |
| 首席代表 | shǒu xí dài biǎo | chief representative |
| 联席会议 | lián xí huì yì | joint conference |
| 主席团 | zhǔ xí tuán | presidium |
| 席子 | xí zi | woven mat |