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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
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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Pronunciation 1
Note:
- sa - literary;
- se/see/soa - vernacular.
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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紗
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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11026
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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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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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鯊
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Old
Chinese
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/*sraːl/
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Definitions
紗
- yarn
- gauze; sheer
- muslin (a lightweight cotton cloth in a plain weave; or thin fabric made of silk or linen)
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
紗
- † Alternative form of 眇 (miǎo, “small; tiny; minute”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
紗
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
- silk gauze
- gossamer
Readings
Derived terms
Compounds
Compounds
- 寒冷紗 (kanreisha, “cheesecloth”)
- 金紗, 錦紗 (kinsha, “silk crepe”)
- 更紗 (sarasa, “calico”)
- 薄紗 (hakusa, “delicate gauze, gossamer”)
- 袱紗, 帛紗, 服紗 (fukusa, “fukusa”)
- 羅紗 (rasha, “felt, woolen cloth”)
Etymology
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Noun
紗 • (usuginu)
- 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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