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席
xí
1. woven mat
2. seat
3. banquet
4. place in a democratic assembly
5. classifier for banquets, conversations etc
Very Common • Top 4% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

席
xí
seat, place; mat; banquet; to take a seat
HSK 5 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

主席
zhǔxí
chairperson
HSK 5
出席
chūxí
to attend
HSK 5
列席
lièxí
to attend a meeting as a nonvoting delegate
即席
jíxí
impromptu
宴席
yànxí
banquet
席勒
Xílè
Schiller (name)
席位
xíwèi
a seat (in a theater, stadium etc)
席子
xízi
woven mat
席卷
xíjuǎn
to engulf
座席
zuòxí
seat (at banquet)
散席
sànxí
end of a banquet
末席
mòxí
end seat
枕席
zhěnxí
pillow mat
凉席
liángxí
summer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo)
硬席
yìngxí
hard seat (on trains)
砚席
yànxí
ink slab and sitting mat
筵席
yánxí
banquet
缺席
quēxí
absence
HSK 6
苇席
wěixí
reed mat
芦席
lúxí
reed mat

Alternate Entries

席
Xí
surname Xi
席
xí
variant of [[席<xí>]] / woven mat

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
893
Word Frequency Rank
3,157 of 84,292