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坐 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「土」

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On
ザ・サざ・さ · za · sa
Kun
すわ.る・おわす・そぞろに・ましますsuwa.ru · owasu · sozoroni · mashimasu
Meaning
sit

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A pictograph of two people seated facing each other on the ground: to sit.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 坐禅ざぜん

    seated meditation

  • 坐視ざし

    looking on idly

More words with this kanji

  • 擱坐かくざ
  • 趺坐ふざ
  • 結跏趺坐けっかふざ
  • 跏坐かざ
  • 跪坐きざ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

不正(ふせい)を坐視(ざし)することはできない。

I cannot sit by and watch wrongdoing.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

坐禅坐視坐禅Zen視to loo…圭ceremo…尭high坦level坤earth垢dirt叉fork乍while些a litt…紗gauze…啐sip
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 土Map of reading ザAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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