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Kanji Detail for 筵 - "mat, covering, seat"
筵
- Meaning
筵 means "mat, covering, seat."
Mat - A woven bamboo mat.
Covering - A floor spread.
Seat - A place; a spot.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
straw mat
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
feast
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
bamboo mat for sitting
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
bamboo mat; banquet, feast
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A bamboo mat. Anciently people sat on the ground. Hence seats have been traditionally called 筵. Such as 經筵 (classics lecture), 講筵 (lecture seat). | Colloquially, banquets are also called 筵席.
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