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坐 means 'sit'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 1363   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-1    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 31 words   Used in 56 words   Used in 36 names   Component in 10 kanji (2 Jōyō)
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
On
   ザ
Kun
   すわ to sit
On   
Kun    おわす   そぞろに   まします
⿻   ground; earth  ⿰   person   person  
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坐 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 坐 is used 43 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ザ : 37 words FIND ALL
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Most common form: 座像
noun
seated figure (e.g. of Buddha); sedentary statue; sedentary image  (see also: 立像)
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すわ : 5 words FIND ALL
noun
flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling (usu. rectangular)  (see also: 座布団; archaic)
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すわ (read as ずわ) : 1 word FIND ALL
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Most common form: 横座り
sitting with one's legs out to one side
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An additional ザ less common words include 坐 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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ザ   すわ to sit   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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