坐 = 从 + 土

坐 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sitting in meditation”. It is built from 从 (assembly line) and 土 (soil). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2861. It appears as a component in 2 other characters in this index.

Keyword: sitting in meditation
RTK frame: 2861
Strokes: 7
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ザ, サ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): すわ.る, おわす, そぞろに, まします
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: sit, сидя в медитации
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 坐 sit

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 坐

How to find 坐 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “assembly line” + “soil”. 坐 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 坐 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.