Chinese Character 座 Meanings and components.

Form

座

Meaning

座 meaning[3] in English

Seat.

Base.

Stand.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 座 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'house on a … (广) , and surname Zuo (坐)

Its radical[1] is: 广 (guang3) which means: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc, .广guang3'house on …

In cangjie it is written with IOOG

How to write 座

To write座zuo4seat you should write a combination of 广guang3'house on … , 坐zuo4surname Zuo arranged in a 吕 shape:

广 + 坐 = 座

座 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 座 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 座, looks as follow:

座
Pinyin:zuo4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Seat . Base . Stand . Cl:個|个[Ge4] . Classifier For Buildings, Mountains And Similar Immovable Objects
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
坐
Pinyin:zuo4 Shape:咒
Meaning[3]: Surname Zuo
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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