Readings
- location (of a gathering, etc.)
- place
- position
- post
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From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1277
Compound words
attendance; presence; appearanceabsence; non-attendanceseat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seatingguest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi); audienceto attendancebanquet; dinner partyentertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hallparliamentary seatempty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant postassociate; junior; assistant; next in rank; runner-uphead; chief; chairman; governor; presidentat the meeting; on the occasionimpromptu; improvised; extempore; ad-lib; off-the-cufftaking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; sitting next to; same (seating) precedencefull house; all seats occupied; fully occupiedsweeping (over, across); conquering; overwhelmingbatter's box; one's turn at batattendee; participant; person presentsittingmeeting placesliding seattatami "box seat" for four people at sumo, kabuki, etc.sitting with one's superior On Reading Examples
He was so kind as to give the old man his seat.tatoeba He was so kind as to offer his seat to me.tatoeba Additional Examples
He was absent owing to illness.tatoeba On account of illness he absented himself from school.tatoeba He was absent because of illness.tatoeba He could not attend the party because of illness.tatoeba Stroke Order
10 strokes
Seat. 广 (roof) + 巾 (cloth) — a mat under a roof to sit on.
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