Memory phrase for the character: 座

座

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Meaning

seat, base, stand, classifier for buildings, mountains

Pronunciation

 zuò

Explanation

 From top: building 广, to sit 坐 (Two persons 人人 sit on the earth/ground 土)

Mnemonic
 
In the building you sit on your seat/place.

Radicals

广 buildingAt the explanation this radical is understood as building. The Hanzi 广 (guǎng) itself means: extensive, wide, numerous or to spread
坐 to sitto take (a seat/a bus)
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 Vocabulary

支座 zhī zuò  abutment
蝎虎座 xiē hǔ zuò  Lacerta (constellation)
苍蝇座 cāng ying zuò  Musca (constellation)
鹿豹座 lù bào zuò  Camelopardalis (constellation)
座位 zuò wèi  seat
在座 zài zuò  be present
天蝎座 Tiān xiē zuò  Scorpio or Scorpius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
天蝎座 Tiān xiē zuò  

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