据 means set
lay a foundation, install, equip, squat down
A hand on a body: set.
On'yomi
- キョkyo
Kun'yomi
- す(える)sueru
- す(わる)suwaru
How it's built
- 扌hand
- 居
Common words
- 据えるすえるto place (in position); to fix
- 据え置きすえおきdeferment (e.g. of savings); leaving (something) as it stands