Keyword
sitting around an earth pillar
Info
FrequencyTop 2200-2300
Type
Jinmeiyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-1
Heisig2861
Readings
すわ
(79%)
(19%)
Composed of
earth
two people
Mnemonic

A pictograph of two people who are sitting around a pillar made out of earth.

Used in kanji (3 in total)
to sit
sprain
swelling of the lymph glands
Used in vocabulary (69 in total)
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
sitting; stability
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
sitting upright (properly)
sitting opposite each other
seated figure (e.g. of Buddha); sedentary statue; sedentary image
lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs
sitting calmly and quietly (i.e. in order to meditate)
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
remaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)
sitting with one's legs out to one side
daily life; daily routine; while awake or asleep; at all times; day in, day out; constantly
at all times; day in, day out; constantly; always
running aground; stranding; being disabled (of a tank, train, etc.); being put out of action
kneeling with the balls of the feet on the floor and sitting on one's heels
child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko
running aground; being stranded; grounding; beaching
sitting calmly; sitting comfortably; sitting cross-legged; being at ease; being content
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
implication (in a crime); involvement; (arch.) sitting in a row (in the same seat)
(commander, visiting dignitary) going on board (warship, plane)
to be; to go; to come
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
suppository
nucleus accumbens (part of the forebrain)
three people sitting in a triangle
half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh
ischium; ischial bone
living in idleness
from where one sits; while sitting by
deportment; behavior; carriage
attendance; presence
sitting together; the same theater (theatre); involvement; entanglement; implication
shikantaza; meditation practice where one stays intensely focused without focusing on any particular object
suppository
sciatica; sciatic neuralgia; ischiodynia; ischias
child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko
sitting up straight
nocturnal seated Zen meditation (esp. around 8pm); sitting at night
leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)
from one's seat; without stirring
single-seater; single-seated; sitting alone
one's sitting height
two-seater (e.g. aircraft)
lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs; lotus seat (under Buddhist statue); lotus base; lotus pedestal
round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
single-seated plane; single-seater
reeling by hand (esp. silk); hand filature; counter sinking (making conical depression so screw-heads don't protrude above surface); spot facing (machining a flat space for bolt head, etc.); hollowing out (e.g. wooden chair seat, scallop pattern on roof, etc.)
reeling by hand (esp. silk); hand filature; counter sinking (making conical depression so screw-heads don't protrude above surface); spot facing (machining a flat space for bolt head, etc.); hollowing out (e.g. wooden chair seat, scallop pattern on roof, etc.)
shikantaza; meditation practice where one stays intensely focused without focusing on any particular object
(formal) ways of sitting
sitting up in bed
sedentary work
orthopnoea; orthopnea
snub nose; flat nose with flattened nostrils
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
sitting and worshipping; worshipping while sitting down
Examples (1 in total)
He sat surrounded by his family.