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The character 坐 is an ideogramic compound showing two 人 figures side-by-side above the ground radical 土. This structure visually represents two people sitting on the earth, facing each other. Its primary meaning is the physical act of sitting or resting one's weight on the lower body. This core sense later extended to a verb meaning to travel by a specific conveyance, such as riding in a car, train, or plane.
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请你坐下休息。
我坐在椅子上。
他坐公交车上学。
明天我们坐火车旅行。
她坐飞机来北京看我。
老人坐在沙发上看报纸。
我们坐等比赛结果。
同学们坐在一起讨论问题。