座

The Chinese character 座 (zuò) is composed of two parts: the radical 亻(rén), which represents a person, and the phonetic component 坐 (zuò), which represents the action of sitting. The character 座 originally meant "to sit" or "a seat", but over time it has come to take on a number of other meanings, including "place", "location", "position", and "organization".The character 座 is first attested in oracle bone script, the earliest known form of Chinese writing, dating back to the Shang dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC). In oracle bone script, the character 座 is depicted as a person sitting on a stool. The phonetic component 坐 is also first attested in oracle bone script, where it is depicted as a person sitting on a mat.The character 座 has undergone a number of changes in its form over time. In the seal script of the Zhou dynasty (c. 1046-256 BC), the character 座 is depicted as a person sitting on a stool with a back. In the clerical script of the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD), the character 座 is depicted as a person sitting on a chair. In the regular script of the Tang dynasty (618-907 AD), the character 座 is depicted as a person sitting on a bench.The character 座 is a common character in modern Chinese, and it is used in a wide variety of contexts. It is used as a noun to refer to a place, a location, a position, or an organization. It is also used as a verb to mean "to sit" or "to occupy a seat".