Mnemonic comic for 坐
Translation
Mnemonic
Zapatista Zebra (zu) sits (坐) next to a rubber chicken (从) on a clay (土) bench (mnemonic symbol for 坐) in the observatory's bathroom (o4).
坐 character breakdown
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
Characters with 坐 as component
seat / base / stand / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address, e.g. 师座|师座[shi1 zuo4] / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects
obstructed / to fail / to oppress / to repress / to lower the tone / to bend back / to dampen
azole (chemistry)
file (tool used for smoothing) / rasp / to file
(literary) to fracture (a bone) / (literary) to cut / to hack / variant of 銼|锉[cuo4]
short / dwarfish
chopped meat / trifles
to chop straw fine for animals
dress the hair
Words with 坐
to hold an inconsequential job / to receive a cold reception / to be kept waiting for an assignment or audience / to be out in the cold / to be sidelined / to warm the bench / to cool one's heels
lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded
lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out of danger
lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation / a cool head in a crisis
to enjoy (the benefit of sth) without lifting a finger; to sit back and enjoy (favorable circumstances)