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Bushu (Radical) Info: 广 (まだれ) – dotted cliff

Henshall Mnemonic: persons sit on ground under roof at gathering

Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 6
Frequency: #588 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

• 座る   [すわる]
  (v5r) to sit; to squat   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 座席   [ざせき]
  (n) seat   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 座布団   [ざぶとん]
  (n) cushion (Japanese); square cushion used when sitting on one's knees in a tatami-mat floor   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 座敷   [ざしき]
  (n) tatami room   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• ご座います   [ございます]
  (exp) to be (polite); to exist   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 星座   [せいざ]
  (n) constellation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 座談会   [ざだんかい]
  (n) symposium; round-table discussion   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 講座   [こうざ]
  (n) lectureship; chair; course   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 一座   [いちざ]
  (n) (1) party; those present; troupe; (2) first seat   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 銀座   [ぎんざ]
  (n) (Edo period) silver mint   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 正座   [せいざ]
  (n,vs) sitting correctly (Japanese-style); sitting (or squatting) straight   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 即座   [そくざ]
  (adj-no,n) immediate; right there on the spot; impromptu   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 王座   [おうざ]
  (n) throne   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 口座   [こうざ]
  (n) account (e.g. bank)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 座   [ざ]
  (n,n-suf) seat; one's place; position   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 座り   [すわり]
  (n) sitting; stability   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 座り込み   [すわりこみ]
  (n,vs) sit-in (i.e. in protest)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 胡座   [あぐら]
  (n) sit cross-legged (i.e., Indian style)   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 座禅   [ざぜん]
  (n) (Zen) meditation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 座長   [ざちょう]
  (n) chairman   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 連座   [れんざ]
  (n,vs) implicated (involved) in (a crime)   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 座 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.