# 紗

| 紗 | U+7D17, &#32023; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D17 |
| ← 紖 [U+7D16] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 紘 → [U+7D18] |

## Translingual
### Han character

紗 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女火火竹 (VFFH), four-corner 2992$_0$, composition ⿰糹少)

#### Derived characters

* 䔋

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 917, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27287
* Dae Jaweon: page 1347, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3373, character 3
* Unihan data for U+7D17

## 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): shā (sha$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): saa$^1$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sâ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sa / se / see / soa
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sê$^1$ / 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/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sâ
*** Hakka Romanization System: sa$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: sa$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /sa²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sa
*** Tâi-lô: sa
*** Phofsit Daibuun: saf
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sa³³/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /sa⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se
*** Tâi-lô: se
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sef
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /se⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: see
*** Tâi-lô: see
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɛ⁴⁴/
** (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soa
*** Tâi-lô: sua
*** Phofsit Daibuun: soaf
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sua⁴⁴/
* sa - literary;
* se/see/soa - vernacular.
* Middle Chinese: srae
Rime :
| Character | 紗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 生 (21) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (98) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 所加切 |
| Baxter | srae |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʃˠa/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʃᵚa/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʃa/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʂaɨ/ |
| Li Rong | /ʃa/ |
| Wang Li | /ʃa/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʂa/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shā |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | saa$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*sraːl/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 紗 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11026 |
| Phonetic component | 沙 |
| Rime group | 歌 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 鯊 |
| Old Chinese | /*sraːl/ |

#### Definitions

紗
* yarn
* gauze; sheer
* muslin (a lightweight cotton cloth in a plain weave; or thin fabric made of silk or linen)

#### Compounds

* 亮紗 / 亮纱
* 兜紗 / 兜纱
* 婚紗 / 婚纱 (hūnshā)
* 官紗 / 官纱
* 戳紗 / 戳纱
* 抽紗 / 抽纱
* 摜紗帽 / 掼纱帽
* 棉紗 / 棉纱 (miánshā)
* 洋紗 / 洋纱
* 浣紗溪 / 浣纱溪
* 浣紗記 / 浣纱记
* 烏紗 / 乌纱 (wūshā)
* 烏紗帽 / 乌纱帽 (wūshāmào)
* 白紗 / 白纱
* 破紗帽 / 破纱帽
* 碧紗廚 / 碧纱厨
* 碧紗籠 / 碧纱笼
* 窗紗 / 窗纱
* 粗紗 / 粗纱
* 紗包線 / 纱包线 (shābāoxiàn)
* 紗布 / 纱布 (shābù)
* 紗帳 / 纱帐
* 紗帽 / 纱帽 (shāmào)
* 紗廚 / 纱厨
* 紗廠 / 纱厂 (shāchǎng)
* 紗燈 / 纱灯
* 紗窗 / 纱窗 (shāchuāng)
* 紡紗 / 纺纱 (fǎngshā)
* 紗罩 / 纱罩 (shāzhào)
* 紗罩燈 / 纱罩灯
* 紗錠 / 纱锭 (shādìng)
* 紗門 / 纱门 (shāmén)
* 細紗 / 细纱
* 經紗 / 经纱 (jīngshā)
* 縐紗 / 绉纱 (zhòushā)
* 羽紗 / 羽纱 (yǔshā)
* 薄紗 / 薄纱
* 蟬紗 / 蝉纱
* 輕紗 / 轻纱 (qīngshā)
* 青紗障 / 青纱障
* 面紗 / 面纱 (miànshā)
* 頭紗 / 头纱
* 風寒紗縵 / 风寒纱缦
* 髮紗 / 发纱
* 麻紗 / 麻纱
* 黑紗 / 黑纱 (hēishā)

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): miǎo (miao$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄠˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: miǎo
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄠˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: miǎo
*** Wade–Giles: miao$^3$
*** Yale: myǎu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: meau
*** Palladius: мяо (mjao)
*** Sinological IPA : /mi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/

#### Definitions

紗
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) Alternative form of 眇 (miǎo, “small; tiny; minute”)

#### Compounds

* 紗紗 / 纱纱 (miǎomiǎo)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* silk gauze
* gossamer

#### Readings

* Go-on: しゃ (sha)
* Kan-on: さ (sa)
* Kun: うすぎぬ (usuginu, 紗)、すず (suzu, 紗)、たえ (tae, 紗)

#### Derived terms

* 紗(さ)紗(しゃ), 紗(さ)々(しゃ) (sasha)

#### Compounds

* 寒(かん)冷(れい)紗(しゃ) (kanreisha, “cheesecloth”)
* 金(きん)紗(しゃ), 錦(きん)紗(しゃ) (kinsha, “silk crepe”)
* 更紗(サラサ) (sarasa, “calico”)
* 薄(はく)紗(さ) (hakusa, “delicate gauze, gossamer​”)
* 袱(ふく)紗(さ), 帛紗(ふくさ), 服(ふく)紗(さ) (fukusa, “fukusa”)
* 羅(ら)紗(しゃ) (rasha, “felt, woolen cloth”)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 紗
* うすぎぬ Jinmeiyō
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 紗 – see the following entry. :
| 【薄絹うすぎぬ】 | [noun] sheer silk Alternative spellings 薄帛, 薄衣 |
(This term, 紗, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) :

## Korean
### Hanja

紗 • (sa) (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune–Reischauer sa, Yale sa)
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## Vietnamese
### Chữ Hán

紗: Hán Việt readings: sa
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