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Chinese symbol for “sitting”

在朝
zài cháo
sitting (currently serving, e.g. board members)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sitting is 在朝 (zài cháo), defined as: sitting (currently serving, e.g. board members).

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Characters and stroke order

在 zài
at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
radical 32 ⼟ · 6 strokes
朝 cháo
to face; direct, facing; dynasty; morning
radical 74 ⽉ · 12 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 在朝.

WordPinyinMeaning
现在 (現在)xiàn zàinow; at present; currently
存在cún zàito exist; to be
正在zhèng zàito be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
在于 (在於)zài yúto rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute); (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)
实在 (實在)shí zàireally; actually
在线 (在線)zài xiànonline; connected to the Internet; (fig.) (coll.) (of a person) mentally focused; engaged; (of skills, performance etc) sharp; on point; fun
王朝wáng cháodynasty
朝廷cháo tíngcourt; imperial household

See also: Japanese symbol for “sitting”.

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.