surname Zuo
to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit / variant of 座[zuo4]

= + : Zapatista Zebra (zu) sits next to a rubber chicken (从) on a clay (土) bench (mnemonic symbol for 坐) in the observatory's bathroom.

坐 character breakdown

variant of 從|从[cong2]
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

= + : Tommy Turtle (tu) wants to fix a cross (十) on a flute (一) in the space station's living room (Ø3). He uses dust and clay (土) to hold them together.
surname Cong
from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor

= : Mnemonic symbol: 从 looks like the legs of a rubber chicken. Two Neanderthal Men (人) are playing a game with Kitty Cat (cu) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). They stand in a line and let Kitty Cat pass through (从) the tunnel formed by their legs by teasing her with a rubber chicken (从).
person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

Characters with 坐 as component

seat / base / stand / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address, e.g. 师座|师座[shi1 zuo4] / CL:個|个[ge4] / classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects

= + 广 : Zapatista Zebra (zu) attached parachutes (广) to benches made of dirt (坐) and plans to drop them over developing countries while he himself sits in a very comfy and luxurious cinema seat (座) in the observatory's bathroom (o4).
obstructed / to fail / to oppress / to repress / to lower the tone / to bend back / to dampen

= + : Kitty Cat (cu) was naughty and now she has been sat down (挫) in the observatory's bathroom (o4). To be precise, she is being pressed down by several toy claws (扌) on a bench (坐).
azole (chemistry)
file (tool used for smoothing) / rasp / to file
(literary) to fracture (a bone) / (literary) to cut / to hack / variant of 銼|锉[cuo4]
acne
short / dwarfish
chopped meat / trifles
to chop straw fine for animals
dress the hair

Words with 坐

to ride (in a vehicle)
to sit in a circle / seated around (a narrator)
lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom) / fig. to spend one's money without generating any income
sitting with one leg crossed (usu. of Bodhisattva)
to sentence the accuser (and free the falsely accused defendant)
lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom) / fig. to stay calm in a tense situation
to sit together
lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation / a cool head in a crisis
intrinsic coordinates (geometry)
crossed leg posture (usu. of Buddha)

Sentences with 坐

zì
che̅ng
qí
tia̅n
dà
shèng
 
 
ta̅
yào
yú
wàn
suì
píng
qǐ
píng
zuò