Today’s #kanji is 座, which is listed under the radical of #まだれ（广）. 座 is a compound ideograph made of 广 (a house) and 坐 (to sit down).
Meaning: a seat, a pedestal, etc.
Reading: ザ、すわ
座席（ザセキ）: a seat, a chair, (sitting) room
座禅（ザゼン）: Zen meditation, seated meditation
座談会（ザダンカイ）: a round table talk, a discussion meeting, a symposium
座長（ザチョウ）: a chairperson, a moderator; the leading actor (of a theatre company)
上座（かみザ/ジョウザ）: the chief seat. an upper seat, the seat of honour,
講座（コウザ）: a course (of lectures)
口座（コウザ）: an account
正座（セイザ）する: to kneel formally (with one’s buttocks on one’s heels)
星座（セイザ）: a constellation, an asterism
座（すわ）る: to sit (down), to take a seat
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