座

squat, seat, cushion, gathering, sit

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:N3

Frequency:588

Vocabulary

ザ

Word	Reading	Meaning
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

Word	Reading	Meaning
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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plug, bolt, cork, bung, stopper

ambition, full moon, hope, desire, aspire to, expect

set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate

extent, degree, law, formula, distance, limits, amount

empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum