Character: 席
Modern (Beijing) reading: xí
Preclassic Old Chinese: lhiak
Classic Old Chinese: lhiak
Western Han Chinese: lhiak
Eastern Han Chinese: zhiak
Early Postclassic Chinese: zhjek
Middle Postclassic Chinese: zhjek
Late Postclassic Chinese: zhjek
Middle Chinese: zjek
English meaning : mat
Russian meaning[s]: 1) цыновка, мат, подстилка; плетеный; постлать, застелить; 2) пост; место (за столом; на заседании; в театре); 3) банкет; 4) парус; 5) воспользоваться; 6) Си (фамилия)
Comments: A later meaning is 'sitting place; banquet'. Standard Sino-Viet. is tịch.
Radical: 50
Four-angle index: 3873
Karlgren code: 0797 a
Vietnamese reading: tiệc
Shijing occurrences: 26.3_
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