zuò

sit

Depicts two people () sitting on the ground ().

Components
人 iconic component

  Iconic component

rén

  

person

人 iconic component

  Iconic component

rén

  

person

土 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

earth

Evolution

坐 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
坐 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
坐 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
坐 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zuò

sit; seat; ride, travel by; to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit; variant of [zuò]

 

Zuò

surname Zuo

Most common words with 坐
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to sit

坐下

to sit down

乘坐

to ride (in a vehicle)

坐牢

to be imprisoned

坐标

coordinate (geometry)

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sound component in 8 characters (1 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[dz]ˤo[j]ʔ

dzwaX

zuò

sit

*m-[dz]ˤo[j]ʔ

dzwaX

zuò

to set

*[dz]ˤo[j]ʔ-s

dzwaH

zuò

seat n.


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 83.4695% of movies

358th most common character in movies

611th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+5750

Shuowen

“,止也。从土,从留省,土,所止也。此與留同意。坐,古文坐。”


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