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Translingual
Han character
莎 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿水火竹 (TEFH), four-corner 44129, composition ⿱艹沙)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1033, character 32
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31040
- Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 5
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3224, character 9
- Unihan data for U+838E
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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硰
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*ʔsaːlʔ, *sʰaːlʔ, *sraːl
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娑
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*saːl, *saːlʔ
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挱
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*saːl, *sraːl
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挲
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*saːl
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桫
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*saːl
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渻
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*saːl, *sreŋʔ, *seŋʔ
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沙
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*sraːl, *sraːls
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紗
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*sraːl
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砂
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*sraːl
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鯊
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*sraːl
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裟
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*sraːl
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桬
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*sraːl
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髿
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*sraːl, *soːl
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魦
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*sraːl, *soːl
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莎
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*soːl
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莏
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*soːl
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *soːl) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 沙 (OC *sraːl, *sraːls).
Pronunciation 1
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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莎
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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11036
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Phonetic component
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沙
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Rime group
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歌
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Rime subdivision
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3
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Corresponding MC rime
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莎
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Old Chinese
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/*soːl/
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Definitions
莎
- Cyperus rotundus
- a kind of tree
- to wither
- Alternative form of 蓑
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
莎
- Used in personal names , place names and transcription.
Compounds
Pronunciation 3
Definitions
莎
- Only used in 捼莎.
Japanese
Kanji
莎
(Hyōgai kanji)
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Readings
Korean
Hanja
莎 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa, Yale sa)
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Vietnamese
Han character
莎: Hán Nôm readings: toa, sa
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