Kanji N3

席: seat, mat, occasion

席 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning seat, mat, occasion, written with 10 strokes. It is read セキ (on) and むしろ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 出席 (しゅっせき, attendance) and 席 (せき, seat).

席

Meanings

  • seat
  • mat
  • occasion
  • place
Strokes10
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#370 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • セキ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • むしろ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 席

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 出席しゅっせき

    attendance; presence; appearance

    JLPT N4
  • 席せき

    seat

    JLPT N4
  • 座席ざせき

    seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating)

    JLPT N3
  • 欠席けっせき

    absence; non-attendance

    JLPT N3
  • 客席きゃくせき

    guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium)

    JLPT N2
  • 着席ちゃくせき

    taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)

    JLPT N1
  • 議席ぎせき

    parliamentary seat

  • 主席しゅせき

    head; chief

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.