Chinese symbol for “sit”
坐
zuò
to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sit is 坐 (zuò), defined as: to sit; to take a seat; to take (a bus, airplane etc); to bear fruit; variant of 座 (zuò).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sit”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 䠀 | chǎng | to squat; to sit |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 坐.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 坐下 | zuò xia | to sit down |
| 坐标 (坐標) | zuò biāo | variant of 坐标 (zuò biāo) |
| 乘坐 | chéng zuò | to take (a ship, plane etc); to ride (in a train or other vehicle) |
| 坐牢 | zuò láo | to be imprisoned |
| 坐落 | zuò luò | to be situated; to be located (of a building) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sit”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.