纱 — Chinese character
纱
shā
gauze, muslin, yarn
- Pinyin
- shā
- Radical
- 120 ⽷ (Silk)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 纟 少
- Formation
- pictophonetic — thread; meaning component 纟; sound component 少
- Traditional
- 紗
Common words with 纱
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 婚纱 (婚紗) | hūn shā | wedding dress |
| 面纱 (面紗) | miàn shā | veil |
| 纱布 (紗布) | shā bù | gauze |
| 棉纱 (棉紗) | mián shā | cotton yarn |
| 纱厂 (紗廠) | shā chǎng | cotton mill; textile factory |
| 纱线 (紗線) | shā xiàn | yarn |
| 黑纱 (黑紗) | hēi shā | black armband |
| 乌纱帽 (烏紗帽) | wū shā mào | black gauze hat (worn by an imperial official as a sign of his position); (fig.) official post |
| 纺纱 (紡紗) | fǎng shā | to spin (cotton, wool etc); spinning |
| 纱窗 (紗窗) | shā chuāng | screen window |
| 薄纱 (薄紗) | báo shā | gauze (cloth) |
| 头纱 (頭紗) | tóu shā | wedding veil; gauze headscarf or veil |
English words written with 纱
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.