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squat
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingザ
Kun readingすわ.る
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 6

Meanings

  1. squat
  2. seat
    上座、正面の座席、正客が座る位置Kamiza (the seat of honor), the most important seat, or the seat where the guest of honor sits.wiki
    座席数は802。The seating capacity was 802 seats.wiki
  3. cushion
    高座で座布団をひっくり返す事も。She sometimes serves to turn the cushion on the koza upside down as well.wiki
    座布団の一種といえる。It can be classified as a kind of zabuton (traditional Japanese cushions used to sit on the floor).wiki
  4. gathering
  5. sitRtK
  1. place
  2. position
  3. status

Synonyms

一座

Popular Usage

座る座席座敷座布団

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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
便座べんざ
toilet seat
温水洗浄便座おんすいせんじょうべんざ
bidet toilet with a heated water function; warm-water washlet
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
円座えんざ
round straw mat

On Reading Examples

ずっと正座してたからか、足がしびれちゃって。せいざ
I've sat on my heels for so long my legs have fallen asleep.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は風の音に耳を澄ましながら、長い間座っていた。
He sat for a long time, listening to the sound of the wind.tatoeba
彼は埠頭に座っていた。
He was sitting on the quay.tatoeba
彼は疲れていたので、目を閉じてソファーの上に座っていた。
As he was tired, he was lying on the sofa with his eyes closed.tatoeba
彼は彼女の隣に座った。
He sat next to her.tatoeba
立つ際には、座る時と逆の順序で立つ。
Standing should be done in the opposite way to sitting.wiki
座席数：502席。
The number of seats: 502wiki
御座敷之内皆金。
All wall panels were gilded.wiki
芸妓としてお座敷にあがる。
She attended a Japanese-style banquet as a geigi (a geisha).wiki

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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