莎
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katydid (family Tettigoniidae); phonetic "sha" used in transliteration
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,818 U+838E
How 莎 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “grass”) + 沙 (phonetic, shā)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 沙
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 沙 (shā) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沙 sound component | shā | sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated |
| 鲨 | shā | shark |
| 痧 | shā | cholera; colic |
| 娑 | suō | to dance, to frolic; to lounge; to saunter |
| 挲 | sā | to feel or fondle with the fingers |
| 桫 | suō | horse chestnut |
| 裟 | shā | cassock; monk's robe |
Words containing 莎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 德国汉莎航空公司 | Dé guó Hàn shā Háng kōng Gōng sī | Deutsche Lufthansa AG |
| 阿加莎·克里斯蒂 | Ā jiā shā · Kè lǐ sī dì | Agatha Christie |
| 莎士比亚 | Shā shì bǐ yà | Shakespeare (name); William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright |
| 莎车县 | Shā chē Xiàn | Yarkant, a county in Kashgar City 喀什市[Ka1 shi2 Shi4], Xinjiang |
| 莎拉·布莱曼 | Shā lā · Bù lái màn | Sarah Brightman (1960-), English pop star |
| 阿莎力 | ā shā lì | (coll.) straightforward; unreserved; openhearted (Tw) (loanword from Japanese "assari") |
| 威廉·莎士比亚 | Wēi lián · Shā shì bǐ yà | William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright |
| 杜莎夫人 | Dù shā fū ren | Madame Tussaud (1761–1850), French wax sculptor who founded the eponymous wax museum in Lo… |
| 特雷莎 | Tè léi shā | Teresa; Theresa (name) |
| 伊丽莎白 | Yī lì shā bái | Elizabeth (person name) |
| 莎拉·佩林 | Shā lā · Pèi lín | Sarah Palin (1964-), US Republican politician, State governor of Alaska from 2006 |
| 阿伊莎 | Ā yī shā | Ayshe, Aise or Ayesha (name); Aishah bint Abi Bakr (c. 614-678), youngest wife of prophet … |
| 斯宾诺莎 | Sī bīn nuò shā | Baruch or Benedict Spinoza (1632-1677), rationalist philosopher |
| 卡秋莎 | Kǎ qiū shā | Katyusha (name); name of a Russian wartime song; nickname of a rocket launcher used by the… |
| 莎拉波娃 | Shā lā bō wá | Sharapova (Russian female tennis star) |
| 玛莎拉 | mǎ shā lā | (loanword) masala |
| 马莎 | Mǎ shā | Marks and Spencers, UK retail chain; Martha (name) |
| 莎拉 | Shā lā | Sara or Sarah (name) |
| 莎车 | Shā chē | see 莎車縣|莎车县[Sha1 che1 Xian4] |
| 麦提莎 | Mài tí shā | Maltesers (chocolate-covered confectionery brand) |