zuò
seat
Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 坐 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 座
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
seat | ||
seat | ||
constellation | ||
Leo (constellation and sign of the zodiac) | ||
to be present |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[dz]ˤo[j]ʔ-s | dzwaH | zuò | seat n. |
Statistics
HSK level 2
Appears in 43.7770% of movies
917th most common character in movies
812th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 10 |
Unicode | U+5EA7 |
Sources
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