# 挲

| 挲 | U+6332, &#25394; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6332 |
| ← 挱 [U+6331] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 挳 → [U+6333] |

## Translingual
### Han character

挲 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水竹手 (EHQ), four-corner 3950$_2$, composition ⿱沙手)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 431, character 31
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12096
* Dae Jaweon: page 781, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1877, character 10
* Unihan data for U+6332

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 硰 | *ʔsaːlʔ, *sʰaːlʔ, *sraːl |
| 娑 | *saːl, *saːlʔ |
| 挱 | *saːl, *sraːl |
| 挲 | *saːl |
| 桫 | *saːl |
| 渻 | *saːl, *sreŋʔ, *seŋʔ |
| 沙 | *sraːl, *sraːls |
| 紗 | *sraːl |
| 砂 | *sraːl |
| 鯊 | *sraːl |
| 裟 | *sraːl |
| 桬 | *sraːl |
| 髿 | *sraːl, *soːl |
| 魦 | *sraːl, *soːl |
| 莎 | *soːl |
| 莏 | *soːl |

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): suō (suo$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): so$^1$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): so
    (Teochew, Peng'im): so$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: suō
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: suo
*** Wade–Giles: so$^1$
*** Yale: swō
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suo
*** Palladius: со (so)
*** Sinological IPA : /su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: so$^1$
*** Yale: sō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: so$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: so$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɔː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so
*** Tâi-lô: so
*** Phofsit Daibuun: soy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /so⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /so³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /so⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /so⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɤ⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: so$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: so
*** Sinological IPA : /so³³/
* Middle Chinese: sa
Rime :
| Character | 挲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 歌 (94) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 素何切 |
| Baxter | sa |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /sɑ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /sɑ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sɑ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /sa/ |
| Li Rong | /sɑ/ |
| Wang Li | /sɑ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /sɑ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | suō |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | so$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*saːl/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 挲 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11021 |
| Phonetic component | 沙 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 娑 |
| Old Chinese | /*saːl/ |
| Notes | 同挱 |

#### Definitions

挲
* to stroke; to caress; to fondle
    Synonym: 撫摸／抚摸 (fǔmō)

#### Compounds

* 挼挲
* 摩挲

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shā (sha$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saa$^1$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): sa$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shā
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sha
*** Wade–Giles: sha$^1$
*** Yale: shā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sha
*** Palladius: ша (ša)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saa$^1$
*** Yale: sā
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saa$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sa$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /saː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: sa$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sa
*** Sinological IPA : /sa³³/

#### Definitions

挲
* Only used in 挓挲 (“to stretch open”).

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): sā (sa$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): so$^1$
* Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): so$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sā
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄚ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sa
*** Wade–Giles: sa$^1$
*** Yale: sā
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sa
*** Palladius: са (sa)
*** Sinological IPA : /sä⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: so$^1$
*** Yale: sō
*** Cantonese Pinyin: so$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: so$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɔː⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: so$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: so
*** Sinological IPA : /so³³/

#### Definitions

挲
* Only used in 摩挲 (māsa, “to smooth something out by rubbing”).

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01305
* “挲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Vietnamese
### Han character

挲: Hán Nôm readings: sa
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#### References

* Nom Foundation