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εΊ§
JLPT N3 SL6 10 strokes Frequency: #588

Meanings

Squat, Seat, Cushion, Gathering, Sit

Radicals

εΉΏ

Decomposition

⿸广坐

Etymology

Ideographic: A wide 广 seat 坐; 坐 also provides the pronunciation

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left
2 horizontal bottom-to-top
3 diagonal top-to-bottom
4 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
5 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
6 diagonal right-to-left
7 dot bottom-right-to-top-left
8 vertical right-to-left
9 horizontal bottom-to-top
10 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
γ‚Ά za
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
すわ suwa

Words Using This Kanji

414 words total
Other (20 words)
後座 あとざ

rear part of a stage (where musicians are seated)

初座 しょざ

first half of a tea ceremony (in which the charcoal is set and light food served)

立体配座 γ‚Šγ£γŸγ„γ―γ„γ–

conformation

座持け ざもけ

entertaining guests

γŠεΊ§ζ•·γŒγ‹γ‹γ‚‹ γŠγ–γ—γγŒγ‹γ‹γ‚‹

to be invited (often to perform for an audience)

衷座呼吸 きざこきゅう

orthopnoea

γŠεΊ§ζ•· γŠγ–γ—γ

tatami room

ζ₯½εΈ‚ζ₯½εΊ§ らくいけらくざ

free markets and open guilds

γ―γ‘γΆγ‚“γŽεΊ§ γ―γ‘γΆγ‚“γŽγ–

Octans (constellation)

仁座鯛 にざだい

scalpel sawtail (Prionurus scalprum)

きょしけょう座 きょしけょうざ

Tucana (constellation)

ηŽ‹εΊ§γ‚’ε γ‚γ‚‹ γŠγ†γ–γ‚’γ—γ‚γ‚‹

to occupy the throne

座を占める ざをしめる

to take a seat

θ²ΈεΊ§ζ•· かしざしき

tatami-mat room rented out for meetings, meals, etc.

割座 γ‚γ‚Šγ–

sitting posture with the legs bent back on each side

δ½“θ‚²εΊ§γ‚Š γŸγ„γ„γγšγ‚γ‚Š

sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)

座法 ざほう

(formal) ways of sitting

εΊ§γ‚Šζ–Ή γ™γ‚γ‚Šγ‹γŸ

ways of sitting

ζ˜ŸεΊ§ζ—©θ¦‹ せいざはやみ

planisphere

座敷着 γ–γ—γγŽ

dress worn by a geisha to a zashiki party