紗

See also: 纱

Translingual

Han character

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

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

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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 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shā (sha¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sa / se / see / soa

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sê¹ / sa¹

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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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâ
    • Hakka Romanization System: sa´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sa¹
    • Sinological IPA: /sa²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa
    • Tâi-lô: sa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: saf
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sa³³/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /sa⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se
    • Tâi-lô: se
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sef
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /se⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: see
    • Tâi-lô: see
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soa
    • Tâi-lô: sua
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soaf
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sua⁴⁴/

Note:

• sa - literary;
• se/see/soa - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: sê¹ / sa¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: se / sa
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /se³³/, /sa³³/

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• Middle Chinese: srae

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
Baxter	srae
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saa1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*sraːl/

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

(deprecated template usage) 紗

1. yarn
2. gauze; sheer
3. muslin (a lightweight cotton cloth in a plain weave; or thin fabric made of silk or linen)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): miǎo (miao³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: miǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: miǎo
    • Wade–Giles: miao³
    • Yale: myǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meau
    • Palladius: мяо (mjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 紗

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 眇 (miǎo, “small; tiny; minute”).

Compounds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

紗

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. silk gauze
2. gossamer

Readings

• Go-on: しゃ (sha)^{←しや (sya, historical)}
• Kan-on: さ (sa)
• Kun: うすぎぬ (usuginu, 紗); すず (suzu, 紗); たえ (tae, 紗)

Derived terms

• 紗(さ)紗(しゃ), 紗(さ)々(しゃ) (sasha)

Compounds

Compounds

• 寒(かん)冷(れい)紗(しゃ) (kanreisha, “cheesecloth”)
• 金(きん)紗(しゃ), 錦(きん)紗(しゃ) (kinsha, “silk crepe”)
• 更紗(サラサ) (sarasa, “calico”)
• 薄(はく)紗(さ) (hakusa, “delicate gauze, gossamer​”)
• 袱(ふく)紗(さ), 帛紗(ふくさ), 服(ふく)紗(さ) (fukusa, “fukusa”)
• 羅(ら)紗(しゃ) (rasha, “felt, woolen cloth”)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
紗
うすぎぬ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

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Noun

紗(うすぎぬ) • (usuginu) 

1. Alternative spelling of 薄絹 (“sheer silk”)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 紗 (sa)

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