# 席

| 席 | U+5E2D, &#24109; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E2D |
| ← 帬 [U+5E2C] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 帮 → [U+5E2E] |

## Translingual
### Han character

席 (Kangxi radical 50, 巾+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 戈廿中月 (ITLB), four-corner 0022$_7$, composition ⿸广⿱廿巾)

#### Derived characters

* 𠻊, 𭏖, 𫟊, 𥔷, 褯, 𫏛, 𬋗, 𢅺, 蓆, 𥱊

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 332, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 8926
* Dae Jaweon: page 638, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 741, character 4
* Unihan data for U+5E2D

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 褯 | *zljaːɡs |
| 遮 | *tjaː |
| 蔗 | *tjaːɡs |
| 鷓 | *tjaːɡs |
| 樜 | *tjaːɡs, *hljaɡs |
| 蟅 | *tjaːɡs, *tjaːɡ |
| 嗻 | *tjaːɡs |
| 鍍 | *daː, *daːɡs |
| 度 | *daːɡs, *daːɡ |
| 渡 | *daːɡs |
| 庶 | *hljaɡs |
| 剫 | *daːɡ |
| 踱 | *daːɡ |
| 喥 | *daːɡ |
| 謶 | *tjaɡ |
| 席 | *ljaːɡ |
| 蓆 | *ljaːɡ |
| 墌 | *tjaːɡ |
| 摭 | *tjaːɡ |
| 蹠 | *tjaːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ljaːɡ) : phonetic 石 (OC *djaɡ) + semantic 巾 (“cloth”). In the small seal script 石 has corrupted into ⿸广廿. Shuowen Jiezi interprets it as ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : abbreviated phonetic 庶 (OC *hljaɡs) + semantic 巾. In the variant 𠩛, 石 corrupted into 厂 instead.
Compare 度 (OC *daːɡs, *daːɡ) and 庶 (OC *hljaɡs).

### Etymology 1

Etymology unclear. Various theories have been proposed:
* Wang (1982) relates this to 藉 (OC *zjaːɡs, *zjaːɡ), 蒩 (OC *ʔsaː, *ʔsaːʔ, *sʰa), 薦 (OC *ʔseːns).
* Schuessler (2007), reconstructing this word minimally as *s-lak, relates this word to 莽 (OC *mlaʔ, *mlaŋʔ, “grass”).
* Baxter and Sagart (2014) derive it from a root *tak (“to place”), with circumstantial noun prefix *s-, literally “place for putting things”.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): xí (xi$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xi$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zik$^6$
* Gan (Wiktionary): qiah$^7$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): si̍t
    (Meixian, Guangdong): xid$^6$
* Jin (Wiktionary): xieh$^5$
* Northern Min (KCR): sī / sīo̤
* Eastern Min (BUC): sĭk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sih$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): si̍t / se̍k / chhio̍h / sia̍h
    (Teochew, Peng'im): cioh$^8$ / siah$^8$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^8$zhiq / $^8$ziq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): si$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xí
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sí
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^2$
*** Yale: syí
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyi
*** Palladius: си (si)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: xi$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xi
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zik$^6$
*** Yale: jihk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzik$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jig$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɪk̚²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: qiah$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰiaʔ²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: si̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: xid
*** Hagfa Pinyim: xid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /sit̚⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: xid$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /sit̚⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: xieh$^5$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕiəʔ⁵⁴/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: sī / sīo̤
*** Sinological IPA : /si⁵⁵/, /siɔ⁵⁵/
* sī - literary;
* sīo̤ - vernacular.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit席 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ɕi³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ɕi²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ɕi⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ɕi⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /si⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /si⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ɕi²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ɕji²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ɕi¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ɕi⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ɕi⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ɕi²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ɕi³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ɕi²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ɕi³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /siʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ɕiəʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /ɕiəʔ⁵⁴/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ɕiʌʔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /ɕiəʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ʑiɪʔ¹/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ziəʔ³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /d͡ʑiəʔ²/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /zei²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡sʰi²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /se¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /si²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /si²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡ɕʰiɑʔ²/ ～子 /ɕiʔ⁵/ 酒～ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /sit̚⁵/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /sit̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sek̚²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sek̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡sik̚²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /sik̚⁵/ /sia⁵/ 宴～ /t͡sʰio³⁵/ 蓆 |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /siʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /si⁴⁴/ /siɔ⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡sʰioʔ⁵/ /siaʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /sio³³/ 蓆 /tiak̚³/ /tia³⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: zjek
Rime :
| Character | 席 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 邪 (17) |
| Final (韻) | 昔 (123) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 祥易切 |
| Baxter | zjek |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ziᴇk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ziɛk̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ziæk̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ziajk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ziɛk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /zĭɛk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /zi̯ɛk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | xí |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zik$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-m-tAk/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ljaːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 席 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | xí |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ zjek › |
| Old Chinese | /*s-m-tAk/ |
| English | mat |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 席 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11912 |
| Phonetic component | 庶 |
| Rime group | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 席 |
| Old Chinese | /*ljaːɡ/ |
| Notes | 說文庶省古文從石省 |

#### Definitions

席
* seat
* food of a banquet
* Classifier for conversations.
* Classifier for seats (members) in a meeting.
* a surname

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 席(せき) (seki)
Others:
* → Vietnamese: tiệc

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 席 – see 蓆 (“woven mat made of bamboo strips or grass”). (This character is the simplified and variant traditional form of 蓆).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Compounds

* 一席之地 (yīxízhīdì)
* 一席地
* 一席話 / 一席话 (yīxíhuà)
* 上席
* 下席
* 不安席
* 不暖席
* 主席 (zhǔxí)
* 主席團 / 主席团 (zhǔxítuán)
* 伏席
* 便席
* 促席
* 側席 / 侧席
* 免席 (miǎnxí)
* 入席 (rùxí)
* 全席 (quánxí)
* 几席
* 出席 (chūxí)
* 列席 (lièxí)
* 刑席
* 前席
* 割席分坐
* 即席 (jíxí)
* 即席演奏
* 吉席
* 同席 (tóngxí)
* 回席 (huíxí)
* 在席
* 坐不安席 (zuò bù ān xí)
* 坐席 (zuòxí)
* 塞席爾 / 塞席尔 (Sèxí'ěr)
* 奉枕席
* 奪席談經 / 夺席谈经
* 孔席不暖
* 孫晨稿席 / 孙晨稿席
* 安席
* 宴席 (yànxí)
* 寒氈一席 / 寒毡一席
* 寢不安席 / 寝不安席
* 對席 / 对席
* 居不重席
* 巹席
* 席上
* 席上之珍
* 席不暇暖
* 席位 (xíwèi)
* 席勝 / 席胜
* 席卷 (xíjuǎn)
* 席卷天下
* 席地
* 席地幕天
* 席地而坐 (xídì'érzuò)
* 席坐
* 席夢思 / 席梦思 (xímèngsī)
* 席子 (xízi)
* 席家埡 / 席家垭 (Xíjiāyà)
* 席寵 / 席宠
* 席屋
* 席帽
* 席捲 / 席卷 (xíjuǎn)
* 席次 (xícì)
* 席特拉灣 / 席特拉湾
* 席珍
* 席珍待聘
* 席篾
* 席豐履厚 / 席丰履厚
* 席間函丈 / 席间函丈
* 席面 (xímiàn)
* 幕天席地 (mùtiānxídì)
* 平頭桌席 / 平头桌席
* 座無空席 / 座无空席
* 座無虛席 / 座无虚席 (zuòwúxūxí)
* 戴憑奪席 / 戴凭夺席
* 戴憑重席 / 戴凭重席
* 扇枕溫席 / 扇枕温席
* 拔刀斷席 / 拔刀断席
* 拂席
* 拂枕席
* 揭席
* 揆席
* 搖席破坐 / 摇席破坐
* 撞席
* 撤席
* 擇席 / 择席
* 擺席 / 摆席
* 教席 (jiàoxí)
* 斷席 / 断席
* 旁聽席 / 旁听席
* 末席
* 枕席 (zhěnxí)
* 枕席之歡 / 枕席之欢
* 桌席
* 梅花席
* 次席
* 殘席 / 残席
* 治席
* 流水席 (liúshuǐxí)
* 溫席扇枕 / 温席扇枕
* 滿漢全席 / 满汉全席 (mǎnhànquánxí)
* 爭席 / 争席
* 白席人
* 盡席 / 尽席
* 省主席
* 看席
* 瞞天席地 / 瞒天席地
* 硯席 / 砚席
* 硬席 (yìngxí)
* 禮席 / 礼席
* 筍席 / 笋席
* 答席
* 筵席 (yánxí)
* 筵席稅 / 筵席税
* 管寧割席 / 管宁割席
* 篾席
* 素席 (sùxí)
* 終席 / 终席
* 絕席 / 绝席
* 織席編屨 / 织席编屦
* 缺席 (quēxí)
* 聯席 / 联席 (liánxí)
* 聯席審查 / 联席审查
* 聯席會議 / 联席会议 (liánxí huìyì)
* 腳席 / 脚席
* 膝席
* 臥不安席 / 卧不安席
* 臺席 / 台席
* 興席 / 兴席
* 茵席之臣
* 蒻席
* 蒙席 (méngxí)
* 蔽席
* 薦寢席 / 荐寝席
* 薦席 / 荐席
* 薦枕席 / 荐枕席
* 衽席
* 裀席
* 襒席
* 西席 (xīxí)
* 設席 / 设席
* 設席張筵 / 设席张筵
* 講席 / 讲席 (jiǎngxí)
* 議席 / 议席 (yìxí)
* 貼席 / 贴席
* 赴席 (fùxí)
* 起席
* 越席
* 躐席 (lièxí)
* 軟席 / 软席 (ruǎnxí)
* 輦席 / 辇席
* 辦酒席 / 办酒席
* 退席 (tuìxí)
* 逃席
* 避席 (bìxí)
* 還席 / 还席
* 酒席 (jiǔxí)
* 鋪席 / 铺席
* 開席 / 开席
* 關席 / 关席
* 降席
* 陪席推事
* 離席 / 离席 (líxí)
* 首席 (shǒuxí)
* 麻雀席
* 黔突暖席
* 鼎席
* 齋席 / 斋席

### References

* “席”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)
* seat
* mat
* location

#### Readings

* Go-on: じゃく (jaku)
* Kan-on: せき (seki, Jōyō)
* Kun: むしろ (mushiro, 席)

#### Compounds

* 議(ぎ)席(せき) (giseki)
* 座(ざ)席(せき) (zaseki)
* 欠(けっ)席(せき) (kesseki)
* 即(そく)席(せき) (sokuseki)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 席
* せき Grade: 4
* on'yomi

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) せき [séꜜkì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [se̞kʲi]

#### Noun

席(せき) • (seki)
* seat
* meeting place; venue
* position; status

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 席
* むしろ Grade: 4
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 席 – see the following entry. :
| 【筵むしろ】H | [noun] [from 720] a generic term for a woven mat made out of soft rush, bamboo, straw, or cattail [noun] [from 1170] a seat; also used in public environments [noun] [from 1603] a bed [noun] (regional, Nagasaki, Kumamoto) a tatami mat Alternative spellings 蓆, 莚 |
| 【筵もしろ】H | [noun] (dialectal, Tōhoku, Ishikawa, Izumo) Nonstandard form of むしろ (mushiro) above Alternative spellings 蓆, 莚 |
(This term, 席, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [sʰʌ̹k̚]
* Phonetic hangul: [석]

### Hanja

Wikisource 席 (eumhun 자리 석 (jari seok))
* hanja form of 석 (“seat”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

席: Hán Nôm readings: tiệc, tịch
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