薩

薩 U+85A9, 薩 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85A9 ← 薨 [U+85A8] CJK Unified Ideographs 薪 → [U+85AA]

See also: 萨

Translingual

Han character

薩 (radical 140 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿弓中一 (TNLM), four-corner 4421₄, composition ⿱艹隡)

References

• KangXi: page 1062, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32189
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3309, character 5
• Unihan data for U+85A9

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Chinese

trad.		薩
simp.		萨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sà (sa⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³
• Min Nan (POJ): sat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: sà
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄚˋ
    • Wade-Giles: sa⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sah
    • IPA ^(key): /sa̠⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saat³
    • Yale: saat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³
    • IPA ^(key): /sɑːt̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sat
    • Tâi-lô: sat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sat̚³²/

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• Middle Chinese: /sɑt̚/▼

Rime
Character	薩
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	曷 (63)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	桑割切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sat̚/
Li Rong	/sɑt̚/
Wang Li	/sɑt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sa

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*saːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	薩
Reading #	1/1
No.	10956
Phonetic component	薩
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	躠
Old Chinese	/*saːd/
Notes	菩薩梵譯bodhisattva，薛産兩聲

Definitions

薩

1. transliteration of 'sat' in 'bodhisattva,' etc.

Compounds

• 菩提薩埵／菩提萨埵 (pútísàduǒ, “bodhisattva”)
• 菩薩／菩萨 (púsà, “bodhisattva”)
• 薩克斯管／萨克斯管 (sàkèsīguǎn, “saxophone”)

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Japanese

Kanji

薩

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Goon: さち (sachi)
• Kan’on: さつ (satsu)
• Kun: すくう (sukuu)

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Korean

Hanja

薩 • (sal) (hangeul 살, revised sal, McCune-Reischauer sal, Yale sal)

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Vietnamese

Han character

薩 (tát)

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