莎

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

← 莍
[U+838D]

CJK Unified Ideographs

莏 →
[U+838F]

Translingual

Han character

莎 (radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿水火竹 (TEFH), four-corner 4412₉, composition ⿱艹沙)

References

KangXi: page 1033, character 32

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31040

Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 5

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3224, character 9

Unihan data for U+838E

Chinese

simp. and trad.		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

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suō (suo¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): so¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: suō
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛ
  - Wade–Giles: suo¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suo
  - IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: so¹
  - Yale: sō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: so¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: so¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sɔː⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: /suɑ/▼

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
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

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 (suō).

Compounds

莎草 (suōcǎo)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shā (sha¹)
(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shā
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ
  - Wade–Giles: sha¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sha
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: saa¹
  - Yale: sā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /säː⁵⁵/

Definitions

莎

Used in 莎雞／莎鸡 (shājī).
Used in personal names , place names and transcription.

Compounds

莎喲娜拉／莎哟娜拉 (shāyōnàlā)
莎樂美／莎乐美 (shālèměi)

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)⁺
  - Pinyin: suī
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟ
  - Wade–Giles: sui¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suei
  - IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

Definitions

莎

Only used in 捼莎.

Japanese

Kanji

莎

(uncommon “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 (toa, sa)

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