座る
すわる · suwaru · JLPT N5 · verb-godan
to sit
🪑 座 = seat (people on earth under a roof) + る: to take a seat
座 is 广 (roof/shelter) over 坐, which is two 人 (people) on 土 (earth). The same kanji appears in 座席 (zaseki, seat). Sound hook: suwaru starts like 'sue' — Sue warms the seat.
座 — 广 (shelter) + 坐 (to sit)
Originally written as 坐, meaning 'to sit' (two people 人人 sitting on the ground 土). The shelter radical 广 was added to specify the place where one sits — a seat, throne, or platform. 坐 remained the verb 'to sit,' while 座 became the noun 'seat.'