座 (zuò)

Seat; measure word for large immovable objects (mountains, buildings)

How 座 is written

Strokes
10
Radical
广 — house on cliff
Traditional
座
Simplified
座 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 座

天秤座 tiānchèngzuò
Libra (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
天蠍座 tiānxiēzuò
Scorpio or Scorpius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
射手座 shèshǒuzuò
Sagittarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac); popular variant of 人馬座|人马座
巨蟹座 jùxièzuò
Cancer (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
星座 xīngzuò
constellation; CL:張|张[zhang1]
水瓶座 shuǐpíngzuò
Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac); variant of 寶瓶座|宝瓶座
獅子座 shīzizuò
Leo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
白羊座 báiyángzuò
Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
金牛座 jīnniúzuò
Taurus (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
入座 rùzuò
to seat (sb in a restaurant etc); to take one's seat
座位 zuòwèi
seat; CL:個|个[ge4]
座椅 zuòyǐ
seat

座 in a sentence

請問這個座位有人坐嗎?

Qǐngwèn zhège zuòwèi yǒu rén zuò ma?

“Excuse me, is this seat taken?”

How common is 座?

座 is the 810th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 85.6% of all running text.

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