Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N3

588 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: squat, seat, cushion, gathering, sit

Kunyomi: すわ.る

Onyomi:

Composition: 广

Radical

Radical: 广

Reading: まだれ

Meaning: house on cliff

Strokes: 3

广

Examples

Examples with audio

席(ざせき)   seat

敷(ざしき)   tatami room

禅(ざぜん)   meditation

談会(ざだんかい)   symposium, round-table

右の書(ざゆうのしょ)   one's bedside book

(せいざ)   constellation

(おうざ)   throne

(ぎんざ)   silver mint, Ginza (place name)

(こうざ)   course (of lectures)

銀行口(ぎんこうこうざ)   bank account

る(すわる)   sit, squat

Onyomi Examples

seat, place, position, status, gathering, party, company, atmosphere (of a gathering), stand, pedestal, platform, (historical) 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

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

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

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

Kunyomi Examples

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