莎

莎	U+838E, 莎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-838E

← 莍
[U+838D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

莏 →
[U+838F]

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

𣘡, 𩺳, 𪍬, 𱋨

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

trad.		莎
simp. ^#		莎

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 *soːl): semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 沙 (OC *sraːl, *sraːls).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suō (suo¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): so¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suō
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suo
  - Wade–Giles: so¹
  - Yale: swō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suo
  - Palladius: со (so)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: so¹
  - Yale: sō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: so¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: so¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: swa

Rime
Character	莎
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	蘇禾切
Baxter	swa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/suɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/suɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/suɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/swa/
Li Rong	/suɑ/
Wang Li	/suɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/suɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suō
Expected Cantonese Reflex	so¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*soːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莎
Reading #	1/1
No.	11036
Phonetic component	沙
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	莎
Old Chinese	/*soːl/

Definitions

莎

Cyperus rotundus
a kind of tree
to wither
alternative form of 蓑

Compounds

莎草 (suōcǎo)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shā (sha¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shā
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sha
  - Wade–Giles: sha¹
  - Yale: shā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sha
  - Palladius: ша (ša)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: saa¹
  - Yale: sā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː⁵⁵/

Definitions

莎

Used in personal names, place names and transcription.

Compounds

特里莎
莎喲娜拉 / 莎哟娜拉 (shāyōnàlā)
莎樂美 / 莎乐美 (shālèměi)
莎車 / 莎车
莎雞 / 莎鸡 (shājī)
蒙娜麗莎 / 蒙娜丽莎 (Méngnà Lìshā)
阿莎力 (āshālì)

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suī (sui¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suī
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suei
  - Wade–Giles: sui¹
  - Yale: swēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suei
  - Palladius: суй (suj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

莎

only used in 捼莎

Japanese

Kanji

莎

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: さ (sa)、しゃ (sha)
Kan-on: さ (sa)
Kun: はますげ (hamasuge)

References

“^▲莎”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

莎: Hán Việt readings: sa^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5], toa^[2]^[3]^[5]
莎: Nôm readings: sa^[1]

chữ Nôm form of sa (“to fall; to drop down”)
- Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經), 12th century, folio 29a
  孛(Bụt)保(bảo)阿(A)難(Nan)㝵(người)庄(chẳng)討(thảo)身(thân)𱖨(hoại)命(mệnh)穷(cùng)莎(sa)共(trong)地(địa)獄(ngục)無(vô)間(gian)
  The Buddha told Ananda, "If a person is not filial, when his body decays and his life ends, he will fall into the endless hell."

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Nguyễn (2014).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Trần (2004).
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Thiều Chửu (1942).
^ Bonet (1899).
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Génibrel (1898).

[tdcndg-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Nguyễn (2014).

[gdhn-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Trần (2004).

[tchvtd-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Thiều Chửu (1942).

[bonet-4] Bonet (1899).

[genibrel-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Génibrel (1898).

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