紗

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See also: 纱
紗 U+7D17, 紗
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D17
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 紘 →

Translingual

Han character

紗 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女火火竹 (VFFH), four-corner 29920, composition ⿰糹少)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 917, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27287
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1347, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3373, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+7D17

Chinese

trad. 紗
simp. 纱

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

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • sa - literary;
  • se/see/soa - vernacular.
Rime
Character 紗
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 生 (21)
Final (韻) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 所加切
Baxter srae
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʃˠa/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʃᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʃa/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʂaɨ/
Li
Rong 		/ʃa/
Wang
Li 		/ʃa/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʂa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		saa1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 紗
Reading # 1/1
No. 11026
Phonetic
component 		沙
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		鯊
Old
Chinese 		/*sraːl/

Definitions

紗

  1. yarn
  2. gauze; sheer
  3. muslin (a lightweight cotton cloth in a plain weave; or thin fabric made of silk or linen)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

紗

  1. † Alternative form of 眇 (miǎo, “small; tiny; minute”)

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

紗

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. silk gauze
  2. gossamer

Readings

Derived terms

Compounds

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
紗
うすぎぬ
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

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Noun

紗(うすぎぬ) • (usuginu) 

  1. Alternative spelling of 薄絹 (“sheer silk”)

Korean

Hanja

紗 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa, Yale sa)

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Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

紗: Hán Việt readings: sa

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