娑

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娑 U+5A11, 娑
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A11
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 娒 →

Translingual

Han character

娑 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水竹女 (EHV), four-corner 39404, composition ⿱沙女)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 262, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6294
  • Dae Jaweon: page 528, character 27
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1054, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+5A11

Chinese

trad. 娑
simp. # 娑

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (沙) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
硰 *ʔsaːlʔ, *sʰaːlʔ, *sraːl
娑 *saːl, *saːlʔ
挱 *saːl, *sraːl
挲 *saːl
桫 *saːl
渻 *saːl, *sreŋʔ, *seŋʔ
沙 *sraːl, *sraːls
紗 *sraːl
砂 *sraːl
鯊 *sraːl
裟 *sraːl
桬 *sraːl
髿 *sraːl, *soːl
魦 *sraːl, *soːl
莎 *soːl
莏 *soːl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *saːl, *saːlʔ) : phonetic 沙 (OC *sraːl, *sraːls) + semantic 女 (“woman”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 娑 娑
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 心 (16) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 歌 (94) 歌 (94)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I I
Fanqie 素何切 蘇可切
Baxter sa saX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/sɑ/ /sɑX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/sɑ/ /sɑX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/sɑ/ /sɑX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/sa/ /saX/
Li
Rong 		/sɑ/ /sɑX/
Wang
Li 		/sɑ/ /sɑX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/sɑ/ /sɑX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		suō suǒ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		so1 so2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 娑
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		suō
Middle
Chinese 		‹ sa ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁa/
English 婆娑 saunter, dance

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 娑 娑
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 11019 11024
Phonetic
component 		沙 沙
Rime
group 		歌 歌
Rime
subdivision 		1 1
Corresponding
MC rime 		娑 縒
Old
Chinese 		/*saːl/ /*saːlʔ/

Definitions

娑

  1. Used in 婆娑 (pósuō) and 娑娑.
  2. Used in transcription.
Usage notes

In transcriptions of Buddhist terms, 娑 (MC sa|saX) is often used to transcribe Sanskrit स (sa).

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

娑 (Eastern Min)

  1. (Eastern Min) cooling sensation (caused by e.g. mint)
  2. (Eastern Min, weather) chilly
    Synonym: 涼颼颼／凉飕飕 (liángsōusōu)
  3. (Eastern Min) of a sharp painful sensation
    乞刺麻带咬𡅏會做娑娑著 [Eastern Min, trad.]
    乞刺麻带咬𡅏会做娑娑著 [Eastern Min, simp.]
    Being stung by caterpillars can be very painful.

References

  • 冯爱珍 , editor (1998), “娑”, in 福州方言词典 [Dictionary of the Fuzhou Dialect] (in Chinese), Nanjing: 江苏教育出版社 (Jiangsu Educational Press), →ISBN.

Japanese

Kanji

娑

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. old woman

Readings

  • Go-on: さ (sa)
  • Kan-on: さ (sa)
  • Kan’yō-on: しゃ (sha)
  • Kun: まう (mau, 娑う)

Korean

Hanja

娑 (eum 사 (sa))

  1. dance, frolic
  2. lounge
  3. saunter

Vietnamese

Han character

娑: Hán Nôm readings: sa

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References

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