seat, mat

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
庶 sound component

  Sound component

shù

  

numerous

巾 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

cloth

Evolution

席 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
席 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
席 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
席 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

seat; mat; take seat; banquet; woven mat; place in a democratic assembly; classifier for banquets, conversations etc

 

surname Xi

() 

variant of [xí]

Most common words with 席
Freq.
Word
Meaning

主席

chairperson

出席

to attend

首席

chief (representative, correspondent etc)

毛主席

Chairman Mao

seat