座
cushion, gathering, seat, sit, squat

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ザ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

すわ.る

Stroke Order

10 / 10

Information

Grade:6
Strokes:10
JLPT:3
Frequency:588

Vocabulary

ザ

WordReadingMeaning
一座イチザthe whole company; the party; all those present; everyone in attendance; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; party; troupe; (theatrical) company; (one) statue; top seat; head (of the table)
王座オウザthrone; first place; top spot; championship
銀座ギンザGinza (district in Tokyo); busy shopping district; bustling location; silver mint (Edo period)
口座コウザaccount (e.g. bank)
講座コウザcourse (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)

Other

WordReadingMeaning
胡座あぐらsitting cross-legged
座ざseat; place; position; status; gathering; party; company; atmosphere (of a gathering); stand; pedestal; platform; trade guild; attaches to the names of constellations; attaches to the names of theatres, cinemas and theatrical troupes; counter for theatres, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs
座り込みすわりこみsit-in (protest); sit-down (strike)
座るすわるto sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to kneel (on the floor); to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
座布団ざぶとんzabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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die, graduate, private, soldier
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bear, childbirth, give birth, native, products, property, yield
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base, bottom, bottom price, depth, kind, sole, sort
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栓
bolt, bung, cork, plug, stopper
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族
family, tribe
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望
ambition, aspire to, desire, expect, full moon, hope
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放
banish, emit, fire, liberate, release, set free, shoot
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梅
plum
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程
amount, degree, distance, extent, formula, law, limits
Grade 5JLPT 3
空
empty, sky, vacant, vacuum, void
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