Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

2337 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: sit

Kunyomi: すわ.る おわす そぞろに まします

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: earth

Examples

Onyomi Examples

座敷 ザシキ tatami room, tatami mat room, formal Japanese room, dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

座禅 ザゼン zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)

連座 レンザ implication (in a crime), involvement, sitting in a row (in the same seat)

胡座 アグラ sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)

Kunyomi Examples

座る すわる to sit, to squat, to assume (a position), to hold steady, to hold still

在す まします to be