Hanja Analyzer
坐

坐 — jwa

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
앉을 좌
Romanization
jwa
English
sit; seat; ride, travel by
Mandarin
zuò
Japanese on'yomi
ザ, サ
Japanese kun'yomi
すわ.る おわす そぞろに まします
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Newspaper frequency
#2,337 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Radical
土 (32, 4 residual)
Unicode
U+5750

Parts that make up 坐

  • 从 좆을 종 같은 쪽으로 걷는 사람 둘좇고 따르는 일
  • 土 흙 토, 뿌리 두 땅 위에 쌓인 흙더미흙·땅과 그 위에 세운 것

How 坐 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 坐 as a ideographic compound involving 留, 土.

Korean example words with 坐

  • 안좌安坐 Korean gloss: 편하게 앉아 있음
  • 좌고坐賈 Korean gloss: 한곳에 가게를 내고 하는 장사
  • 좌청坐廳 Korean gloss: 땅에 늘어놓고 앉게 된 널조각
  • 좌판坐板 Korean gloss: 땅에 늘어놓고 앉게 된 널조각
  • 좌지坐地 Korean gloss: 기관총이나 대포 따위를 설치한 자리
  • 좌시坐市 Korean gloss: 예전에, 가게를 내어 물건을 팔던 곳
  • 좌전坐廛 Korean gloss: 예전에, 가게를 내어 물건을 팔던 곳
  • 좌처坐處 Korean gloss: 집이나 방 따위가 차지하고 있는 자리
  • 좌상坐像 Korean gloss: 앉은 모습을 묘사한 그림이나 조소 작품
  • 좌식坐式 Korean gloss: 방과 마루 따위의 바닥에서 일하게 된 방식
  • 좌종坐鐘 Korean gloss: 책상이나 탁자 따위에 올려놓게 만든 자명종
  • 좌골坐骨 Korean gloss: 골반을 이루는 좌우의 한 쌍의 뼈. 앉았을 때 체간(體幹)을 지탱하는 역할을 한다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 坐

  • 胡坐あぐら sitting cross-legged
  • 黙坐もくざ sitting silently
  • 鼎坐ていざ three people sitting in a triangle
  • 坐像ざぞう seated figure (e.g. of Buddha); sedentary statue; sedentary image
  • 坐骨ざこつ ischium; ischial bone
  • 坐剤ざざい suppository
  • 憑坐よりまし child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko
  • 湯坐ゆえ royal family nursemaid (Yamato court)
  • 趺坐ふざ sitting cross-legged; sitting in the lotus position
  • 単坐機たんざき single-seated plane; single-seater
  • 単坐式たんざしき single-seated
  • 蓮華坐れんげざ lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs

Characters sharing the phonetic 坐

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “좌” in Korean.

Other hanja read “좌”

Other hanja with radical 土

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