Read Edit View history 座 zuò HSK2 seat Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 坐 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas zuò × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 座 Simp strokes 座 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 座 Simp strokes 座 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 座 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 481, 840 ], [ 566, 794 ], [ 599, 765 ] ], [ [ 348, 641 ], [ 358, 631 ], [ 412, 633 ], [ 725, 691 ], [ 771, 691 ] ], [ [ 269, 673 ], [ 298, 643 ], [ 304, 620 ], [ 282, 448 ], [ 245, 293 ], [ 211, 202 ], [ 158, 103 ], [ 100, 22 ], [ 65, -14 ] ], [ [ 412, 501 ], [ 434, 471 ], [ 414, 416 ], [ 371, 341 ], [ 304, 274 ] ], [ [ 409, 359 ], [ 422, 359 ], [ 463, 337 ], [ 488, 306 ] ], [ [ 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492,628 781,687C788,691 796,699 792,706C787,715 775,722 758,727C738,733 720,731 700,724C647,708 582,695 525,683C461,671 353,659 317,657C288,656 266,657 249,657C197,655 220,631 254,619C268,614 309,611 326,613Z", "M254,619C270,565 261,501 252,448C220,267 159,129 74,2C52,-29 73,-32 100,-4C221,128 272,295 307,448C341,601 349,584 326,613C311,632 249,643 254,619Z", "M415,376C434,406 453,441 468,467C472,475 473,483 464,489C440,507 420,514 407,511C400,510 399,505 401,497C410,446 387,384 331,316C325,310 311,297 296,274C290,267 293,264 302,266C328,274 365,300 402,356C411,369 411,369 415,376Z", "M402,356C424,337 450,317 471,299C477,294 484,291 491,291C495,292 499,294 502,300C504,307 502,317 498,331C494,342 485,353 467,361C450,369 433,373 415,376C407,378 396,361 402,356Z", "M713,396C726,413 743,453 776,508C781,517 780,526 770,533C742,553 720,560 706,555C699,554 696,547 699,538C710,488 688,424 630,345C622,335 615,327 612,319C607,310 609,308 619,310C634,315 661,334 695,374C707,389 707,389 713,396Z", 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