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Kanji Detail for 坐 - "to sit, seat"

坐

  • Meaning

    坐 means "to sit, seat." Also associated with without effort.

    1. To sit - To be seated; to take a seat.

    2. Seat - A place to sit.

    3. Without effort - Doing nothing; effortlessly.

    4. Aimlessly - For no reason; without purpose.

    5. Respectful term - Polite form for "to be" or "to go."

  • Four-character idioms with 坐

    • 只管打坐 しかんたざ Listen shikantaza
    • 坐作進退 ざさしんたい Listen deportment; behavior; carriage
    • 常住坐臥 じょうじゅうざが Listen at all times; day in, day out; constantly
    • 結跏趺坐 けっかふざ Listen lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana
    • 行住坐臥 ぎょうじゅうざが Listen daily life; daily routine; while awake or asleep

  • Tattoo check: 坐

    • Verified meaning: to sit, seat
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Also carries these associations: without effort

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    sit

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    sit; seat; ride, travel by

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Zuo

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    seat; to sit; to ride, to travel by

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    How a person rests the body. In ancient times, kneeling was also called 坐. See "跪." | Being convicted is called 坐. Meaning the crime matches the law and cannot be changed. Such as 同坐 (being implicated), 反坐 (counter-punishment). | Has the meaning of "because." (Book of Han) "In ancient times, great ministers were removed because of dishonesty." Like today saying dismissed due to that matter. | Gaining without effort is called 坐. (Mencius) "The solstice of a thousand years can be known while sitting." | To guard. All who firmly guard without leaving is called 坐. Such as debt collection is called 坐案.

  • Onyomi

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    sa(サ) サ

    za(ザ) ザ

  • Kunyomi

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    mashimasu(ましま-す) ましま-す

    owasu(おわ-す) おわ-す

    sozoroni(そぞ-ろに) そぞ-ろに

    suwa.ru(す-わる) す-わる

  • Strokes

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

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    土 (tsuchi・tsuchihen・dohen)

  • Related Keywords

    to sit seat without effort sit down aimlessly loosely respectful bench chair perch rest settle posture meditation occupy effortlessly

Sentences including 坐

  • Can you sit in the Lotus position?

  • He sat surrounded by his family.

  • I sit down crosslegged where Aoi points.

  • Everyone was sitting cross-legged on the floor.

  • Smokers are asked to occupy the rear seats.

  • She was looking miserable sitting in the middle of this snowstorm, so I threw a small coin at her.

  • People think completely differently when they're standing and when they're sitting.

  • Anyhow, it's the truth that on this snowy night a lone old woman was sitting on the side of the road.

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