薩

See also: 萨

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1062, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32189
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sag⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sà
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sà
    • Wade–Giles: sa⁴
    • Yale: sà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sah
    • Palladius: са (sa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: saat³
    • Yale: saat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sak
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sak̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: sat

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
Baxter	sat
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saat3

• 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

(deprecated template usage) 薩

1. Short for 菩薩／菩萨 (púsà).
2. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

薩

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: さち (sachi)
• Kan-on: さつ (satsu)
• Kun: すくう (sukuu, 薩う)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 薩 (tát)

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