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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)

座席
zuòxí
seat (at banquet)
芦席
lúxí
reed mat
苇席
wěixí
reed mat
散席
sànxí
end of a banquet
主席
zhǔxí
chairperson
HSK 5
末席
mòxí
end seat
枕席
zhěnxí
pillow mat
酒席
jiǔxí
feast
即席
jíxí
impromptu
缺席
quēxí
absence
HSK 6
筵席
yánxí
banquet
首席
shǒuxí
chief (representative, correspondent etc)
凉席
liángxí
summer sleeping mat (e.g. of woven split bamboo)
砚席
yànxí
ink slab and sitting mat
硬席
yìngxí
hard seat (on trains)
还席
huánxí
to offer a return banquet
逃席
táoxí
to leave a banquet (without permission)
宴席
yànxí
banquet
退席
tuìxí
to absent oneself from a meeting
席勒
Xílè
Schiller (name)

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

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