U+5E2D "席" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
席
U+5E2D "席" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "mat," "seat," or "banquet," and it is commonly used in East Asian languages including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. In its original context, the character refers to a woven mat used for sitting or sleeping, and it later extended metaphorically to denote a place or position of honor, such as a seat at a table. The character also appears in compounds like "主席" (zhǔxí) meaning "chairperson" or "president," and "出席" (chūxí) meaning "to attend," reflecting its role in formal and social settings.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5E2D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 席 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 席 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0xB8 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5E2D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005E2D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5e2d |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AE75 |
| kCCCII | 213C50 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5539 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5539 |
| kCangjie | ITLB |
| kCantonese | zik6 |
| kCihaiT | 476.302 |
| kCowles | 4546 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0638.070 |
| kDefinition | seat; mat; take seat; banquet |
| kEACC | 27555D |
| kFanqie | 祥易 |
| kFenn | 559C |
| kFennIndex | 161.02 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0022.7 |
| kGB0 | 4715 |
| kGB1 | 4715 |
| kGradeLevel | 4 |
| kGSR | 0797a |
| kHangul | 석:0E |
| kHanYu | 10741.040 |
| kHanyuPinlu | xí(804) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10741.040:xí |
| kHKGlyph | 1159 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0638.070 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10741.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0332.080 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4F2F |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AE75 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-404A |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E2A3 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-602C |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5539 |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-8B65 |
| kJapanese | セキ シャク せき むしろ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:2023 |
| kJapaneseKun | MUSHIRO SEKI |
| kJapaneseOn | SEKI |
| kJis0 | 3242 |
| kKangXi | 0332.080 |
| kKorean | SEK |
| kLau | 1460 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 1598 |
| kMandarin | xí |
| kMatthews | 2502 |
| kMeyerWempe | 3346 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ010850 |
| kMorohashi | 08926 |
| kNelson | 1513 |
| kPhonetic | 169 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2670+50.3.7 C+2670+53.3.7 |
| kRSUnicode | 50.7 |
| kSBGY | 518.48 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 194.06 201.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xí粵zik6 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 1598 |
| kTang | *ziɛk |
| kTGHZ2013 | 393.270:xí |
| kTotalStrokes | 10 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kXerox | 245:327 |
| kXHC1983 | 1232.110:xí |