Japanese symbol for “attendance”
出席
しゅっせき
Romaji: shusseki
attendance; presence; appearance
In Japanese, attendance is 出席, read しゅっせき (shusseki).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs attendance; presence; appearance
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “attendance”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 登校 | とうこう toukou | attendance (at school); going to school |
| 集まり | あつまり atsumari | gathering; meeting; assembly |
| 付き添い | つきそい tsukisoi | attendance (on); chaperonage |
| 出勤 | しゅっきん shukkin | going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work) |
| 奉仕 | ほうし houshi | service; ministry; attendance |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出演 | しゅつえん shutsuen | appearance (in a film, play, TV show, etc.); performance |
| 出す | だす dasu | to take out; to get out |
| 出る | でる deru | to leave; to exit; to go out |
| 出来る | できる dekiru | to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do) |
| 出身 | しゅっしん shusshin | one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school) |
| 演出 | えんしゅつ enshutsu | direction (of a play, film, etc.); production |
| 座席 | ざせき zaseki | seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating |
| 欠席 | けっせき kesseki | absence; non-attendance |
See also: Chinese symbol for “attendance”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.