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紗

紗

See also: 纱

Translingual

Han character

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

  1. gauze, thin silk
  2. yarn, thread

References

  • KangXi: page 917, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27287
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1347, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: 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

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
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
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

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Japanese

Kanji

紗

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

紗 (sa)

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