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

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• 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/

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• 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/
Bernard 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

1. Cyperus rotundus
2. a kind of tree
3. to wither
4. Alternative form of 蓑

Compounds

• 莎草 (suōcǎo)

 

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shā (sha¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹

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• 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

1. 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

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• 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

1. 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)

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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