薩

See also: 萨

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

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

Glyph origin

Variant of 薛.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sà (sa⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄚˋ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • 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. Short for 菩薩／菩萨 (púsà).
2. A surname​.

Compounds

• 亞爾薩斯／亚尔萨斯
• 凱薩琳／凯萨琳
• 哈薩克文／哈萨克文
• 哈薩克族／哈萨克族 (hāsàkè zú)
• 哈薩克語／哈萨克语 (hāsàkèyǔ)
• 哥薩克／哥萨克
• 四大菩薩／四大菩萨
• 地藏菩薩／地藏菩萨 (Dìzàng púsà)
• 堪薩斯州／堪萨斯州
• 布拉薩市／布拉萨市
• 布薩／布萨
• 披薩／披萨 (pīsà)
• 拉薩／拉萨 (Lāsà)
• 摩訶薩／摩诃萨
• 敖得薩／敖得萨
• 楊泗菩薩／杨泗菩萨

• 比薩／比萨 (bǐsà)
• 比薩斜塔／比萨斜塔 (Bǐsà Xiétǎ)
• 活菩薩／活菩萨
• 生菩薩／生菩萨
• 眼光菩薩／眼光菩萨
• 菩提薩埵／菩提萨埵 (pútísàduǒ)
• 菩薩／菩萨 (púsà)
• 菩薩低眉／菩萨低眉
• 菩薩十地／菩萨十地
• 菩薩地／菩萨地
• 菩薩心腸／菩萨心肠
• 菩薩戒／菩萨戒
• 薩伊／萨伊
• 薩克斯管／萨克斯管 (sàkèsīguǎn)
• 薩克斯風／萨克斯风 (sàkèsīfēng)
• 薩克管／萨克管

• 薩克號／萨克号
• 薩其馬／萨其马 (sàqímǎ)
• 薩彥嶺／萨彦岭
• 薩摩斯島／萨摩斯岛
• 薩滿教／萨满教 (sàmǎnjiào)
• 薩爾／萨尔
• 薩爾河／萨尔河
• 薩爾溫江／萨尔温江 (Sà'ěrwēn Jiāng)
• 薩爾瓦多／萨尔瓦多 (Sà'ěrwǎduō)
• 薩福主義／萨福主义
• 薩迦派／萨迦派
• 藥王菩薩／药王菩萨
• 觀音菩薩／观音菩萨
• 阿薩姆／阿萨姆
• 阿薩密省／阿萨密省
• 馬明菩薩／马明菩萨

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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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