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
- —とけい座Horologium (constellation); the Pendulum Clock
- —座骨神経sciatic nerve
- —髪の毛座Coma Berenices (constellation); the Berenice's Hair
- —揚り座敷section of Kodenmachō Prison (in Edo) used for holding high-ranking prisoners awaiting trial
- —結跏趺座lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs
- —常住座臥at all times; day in, day out; constantly; always
- —半跏趺座half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh
- —でご座るbe; is
- —只管打座shikantaza; meditation practice where one stays intensely focused without focusing on any particular object
- —南十字座Crux (constellation)
- —御座在るto be; to exist; to come; to go; to be (doing)
- —御座あるto be; to exist; to come; to go; to be (doing)
- —八分儀座Octans (constellation); the Octant
- —巨嘴鳥座Tucana (constellation); the Toucan
- —貸し座敷tatami-mat room rented out for meetings, meals, etc.; place for assignations; (Edo-period) brothel
- —座を起つto leave one's seat
- —南の冠座Corona Australis (constellation); the Southern Crown
- —小獅子座Leo Minor (constellation); the Small Lion
- —顕微鏡座Microscopium (constellation); the Microscope
- —望遠鏡座Telescopium (constellation); the Telescope