# 莎

| 莎 | U+838E, &#33678; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-838E |
| ← 莍 [U+838D] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 莏 → [U+838F] |

## Translingual
### Han character

莎 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿水火竹 (TEFH), four-corner 4412$_9$, composition ⿱艹沙)

#### Derived characters

* 𣘡, 𩺳, 𪍬, 𱋨

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1033, character 32
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31040
* Dae Jaweon: page 1493, character 5
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3224, character 9
* Unihan data for U+838E

## 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 |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *soːl) : semantic 艸 (“grass”) + phonetic 沙 (OC *sraːl, *sraːls).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): suō (suo$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): 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/
* Middle Chinese: swa
Rime :
| Character | 莎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 戈 (95) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 蘇禾切 |
| Baxter | swa |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /suɑ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /suɑ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /suɑ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /swa/ |
| Li Rong | /suɑ/ |
| Wang Li | /suɑ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /suɑ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | suō |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | so$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*soːl/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 莎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11036 |
| Phonetic component | 沙 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 莎 |
| Old Chinese | /*soːl/ |

#### Definitions

莎
* Cyperus rotundus
* a kind of tree
* to wither
* Alternative form of 蓑

#### Compounds

* 莎草 (suōcǎo)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shā (sha$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saa$^1$
* 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/

#### Definitions

莎
* Used in personal names , place names and transcription.

#### Compounds

* 特里莎
* 莎喲娜拉／莎哟娜拉 (shāyōnàlā)
* 莎樂美／莎乐美 (shālèměi)
* 莎車／莎车
* 莎雞／莎鸡 (shājī)
* 蒙娜麗莎／蒙娜丽莎 (Méngnà Lìshā)
* 阿莎力 (āshālì)

### Pronunciation 3

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): suī (sui$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄟ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: suī
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: suei
*** Wade–Giles: sui$^1$
*** Yale: swēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suei
*** Palladius: суй (suj)
*** Sinological IPA : /su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

莎
* Only used in 捼莎.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: さ (sa)、しゃ (sha)
* Kan-on: さ (sa)
* Kun: はますげ (hamasuge)

## Korean
### Hanja

莎 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa, Yale sa)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

莎: Hán Nôm readings: toa, sa
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