Kanji N3

座: squat, seat, cushion

座 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning squat, seat, cushion, written with 10 strokes. It is read ザ (on) and すわる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 座席 (ざせき, seat) and 座る (すわる, to sit).

座

Meanings

  • squat
  • seat
  • cushion
  • gathering
  • sit
Strokes10
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#588 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ザ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • すわる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 座

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 座席ざせき

    seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating)

    JLPT N3
  • 座るすわる

    to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated

    JLPT N5
  • 座談会ざだんかい

    symposium; round-table discussion

    JLPT N1
  • 星座せいざ

    constellation

    JLPT N1
  • 座敷ざしき

    tatami room; tatami mat room

    JLPT N2
  • 座布団ざぶとん

    zabuton

    JLPT N2
  • 即座にそくざに

    immediately; right away; on the spot

    JLPT N1
  • 座標ざひょう

    coordinate; coordinates

    JLPT N1

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