Rare & Complextop / bottom

坐zuò

to sit; to travel by (坐车, 坐船); to be situated (坐北朝南)

坐 is to sit — two people at rest on the earth, and to travel riding.

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The header pictures two people seated on the earth; in the modern form the strokes overlap, shown as the paired-person group over the earth base.

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WHOLE CHARACTER

坐zuò

to sit; to travel by (坐车, 坐船); to be situated (坐北朝南)

坐 is to sit — two people at rest on the earth, and to travel riding.

The header pictures two people seated on the earth; in the modern form the strokes overlap, shown as the paired-person group over the earth base.

PAIRED-PERSON TOP GROUP (人人)

从cóng

to follow

A standalone character; used in 坐 to show the paired-person group, whose strokes overlap the base in the modern form.

In 坐: paired-person top group (人人) Two person forms side by side, written here like the character 从; the strokes overlap the base in the modern form.

EARTH BASE (THE RADICAL 土)

土tǔ

earth; soil

Repeated in 垚.

In 坐: earth base (the radical 土) ZDIC lists 土 as the radical.

zuòTone 4
  • to sit
  • to travel by (坐车, 坐船)
  • to be situated (坐北朝南)
  • 坐车zuòchēto go by car or bus
  • 请坐qǐngzuòplease sit down

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