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Keyword
sitting around an earth pillar
Info
Frequency
Top 2300-2400
Type
Jinmeiyō
?
Kanken
Level Pre-1
Heisig
2861
Readings
すわ
(82%)
ざ
(16%)
ずわ
ましま
まし
す
いま
ま
え
いなが
Composed of
土
earth
从
two people
Mnemonic
A pictograph of
two people
who are
sitting around a pillar
made out of
earth
.
Used in kanji (3 in total)
座
to sit
挫
sprain
痤
swelling of the lymph glands
Used in vocabulary (102 in total)
坐
すわ
る
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
胡
坐
あぐら
をか
く
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
坐
ざ
する
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
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Examples (1 in total)
彼
かれ
は
家
か
族
ぞく
に
囲
かこ
まれて
坐
すわ
っていた。
He sat surrounded by his family.