Mnemonic comic for 坐

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]

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

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

to sit down

to ride (in a vehicle)

to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate

to hold an inconsequential job / to receive a cold reception / to be kept waiting for an assignment or audience / to be out in the cold / to be sidelined / to warm the bench / to cool one's heels

sit-up (physical exercise)

to reap where one has not sown (idiom)

to sit in a circle / seated around (a narrator)

lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded

to die in a seated posture (Buddhism)

seated image (of a Buddha or saint)

see 後坐力|后坐力[hou4 zuo4 li4]

lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out of danger

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)

sitting with one leg crossed (usu. of Bodhisattva)

to sentence the accuser (and free the falsely accused defendant)

to enjoy (the benefit of sth) without lifting a finger; to sit back and enjoy (favorable circumstances)

pedestal type WC