Kanji 座: "squat, seat, cushion"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 座

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 座すわる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)
• 御ご座ざるto be · to come; to go; to be (somewhere)
• で御ご座ざいますbe; is
• 座ざseat; place · position; status
• 即そく座ざにimmediately; right away; on the spot
• で御ご座ざるbe; is
• 座すわり込こむto (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down · to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
• おめでとう御ご座ざいますcongratulations
• 土ど下げ座ざkneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
• 座ざ席せきseat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating
• 玉ぎょく座ざthrone
• 正せい座ざseiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

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