Kanji1 / 10
座 kanji
squat, seat, cushion, gathering, sit
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
ザ
Kun readings
すわる
Words with 座
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —わし座Aquila (constellation); the Eagle
- —小熊座Ursa Minor (constellation); the Lesser Bear
- —蛇遣座Ophiuchus (constellation); the Serpent Bearer
- —海豚座Delphinus (constellation); the Dolphin
- —蓮華座lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs; lotus seat (under Buddhist statue); lotus base; lotus pedestal
- —はと座Columba (constellation); the Dove
- —大熊座Ursa Major (constellation)
- —画架座Pictor (constellation); the Easel
- —三角座Triangulum (constellation); the Triangle
- —離座敷room detached from main house
- —竜骨座Carina (constellation); the Keel
- —蜥蜴座Lacerta (constellation); the Lizard
- —こま座Equuleus (constellation); the Colt
- —御者座Auriga (constellation); the Charioteer
- —座ぐりcounter sinking (making conical depression so screw-heads don't protrude above surface); spot facing (machining a flat space for bolt head, etc.); spotfacing; hollowing out (e.g. wooden chair seat, scallop pattern on roof, etc.)
- —座刳りcounter sinking (making conical depression so screw-heads don't protrude above surface); spot facing (machining a flat space for bolt head, etc.); spotfacing; hollowing out (e.g. wooden chair seat, scallop pattern on roof, etc.)
- —側座核nucleus accumbens (part of the forebrain)
- —御座敷tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
- —牛飼座Boötes (constellation); the Herdsman
- —ワキ座downstage left (in noh), where the secondary actor is often seated