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座 = 坐 + 广
座 is a Japanese kanji written with 10 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sit”. It is built from 坐 (sitting in meditation) and 广 (cave). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1100.
- Keyword
- sit
- RTK frame
- 1100
- Strokes
- 10
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ザ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- すわ.る
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- squat, сидеть
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 座 seat
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 座 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “sitting in meditation” + “cave”. 座 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 座 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.