Taxonomy of meanings for 座:　　

  • 座 zuò (OC: sɡools MC: dzuɑ) 徂卧切 去 廣韻：【牀座徂卧切二 】
    • SEAT
      • nseat on the floor, marked by a mattress or carpet (in the Chan BUDDH. context referring to the seat on an elevated platfrom in the Dharma-hall, used by the master for lectures )
      • vtoNcausativeassign a seat to; seat somebody
      • n(post-N)seat of honour of the contextually determinate NCH
    • OFFICE
      • CONSTELLATION
        • BASIS
          • BUILDING
            • NOMINAL MEASURE WORDS

              Additional information about 座

              說文解字:

                Criteria
              • SEAT

                1.. Wèi 位 focusses on the seat as an indicator of a person's status.

                2. Xí 席 refers specifically to the physical object, the mat, on which one sat in ancient China.

                3. Yán 筵 refers specifically to the mat placed immediately on the floor on which the xí 席 or "sitting mat" in turn was laid out.

                4. Zuò 坐 / 座 is used to refer to a seat as such, in a general way, but this usage is not very common.