noun

  1. sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
体育座り たいいくずわり
 
体育座り たいいくすわり

Contained Kanji Breakdown

body, substance, object
タイ からだ テイ (2nd, N4)
human radical (no. 9)
book, present, main
ホン もと まと (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
bring up, grow up, raise
そだ.つ イク はぐく.む (3rd, N3)
inverted child
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
squat, seat, cushion
ザ すわ.る (6th, N3)
dotted cliff radical (no. 53)
ゲン (Kentei 1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
sit
すわ.る ザ おわす (Kentei Pre-1)
two people
ショウ ジュウ ジュ (Kentei 1)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)