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座

squat
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingザ
Kun readingすわ.る
JōyōGrade 6

Popular Usage

座る座席座敷座布団

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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squat · cave · shire · assembly line · person (人) · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1100

Compound words

座るすわる
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to kneel (on the floor); to assume (a position)
座席ざせき
seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating
座敷ざしき
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
座布団ざぶとん
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
一座いちざ
the whole company; the party; all those present; everyone in attendance; attendance (at a gathering)
王座おうざ
throne; first place; top spot; championship
銀座ぎんざ
Ginza (district in Tokyo); busy shopping district; bustling location; silver mint (Edo period)
口座こうざ
account (e.g. bank)
講座こうざ
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
座禅ざぜん
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
座長ざちょう
chairman; leader of a troupe; proprietor of a theatrical company
星座せいざ
constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign
即座そくざ
immediate; right there on the spot; impromptu; instant; instantaneous
連座れんざ
implication (in a crime); involvement; sitting in a row (in the same seat)
正座せいざ
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
座りすわり
sitting; stability
座談会ざだんかい
symposium; round-table discussion
即座にそくざに
immediately; right away; on the spot
座り込みすわりこみ
sit-in (protest); sit-down (strike)
口座番号こうざばんごう
account number (bank, etc.)
で御座いますでございます
be; is

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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