辰砂

Chinese

		5th earthly branch; 7–9 a.m.	sand; gravel; granule
trad. (辰砂)		辰	砂
simp. #(辰砂)		辰	砂

Etymology

So named as it is produced in ancient 辰州 (now Yuanling).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chénshā

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄣˊ ㄕㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ saa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chénshā
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄣˊ ㄕㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chénsha
    • Wade–Giles: chʻên²-sha¹
    • Yale: chén-shā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chernsha
    • Palladius: чэньша (čɛnʹša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: san⁴ saa¹
    • Yale: sàhn sā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ saa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ sa¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ saː⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 神沙 辰砂

Noun

辰砂

1. cinnabar

Synonyms

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• 丹 (dān) (literary, or in compounds)
• 丹干
• 丹砂 (dānshā)
• 朱砂 (zhūshā)
• 汞沙
• 猩紅 / 猩红 (xīnghóng)
• 赤丹
• 銀朱 / 银朱 (yínzhū)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
辰	砂
しん Jinmeiyō	しゃ Grade: 6
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃ɕa̠]

Noun

辰(しん)砂(しゃ) • (shinsha) 

1. cinnabar, mercuric sulfide

   Synonyms: 朱砂 (shusha), 丹砂 (tansa)

See also

• 硫(りゅう)化(か)水(すい)銀(ぎん) (ryūkasuigin, “mercury sulfide”)

References

• “^▲辰砂”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026