莎 — Chinese character
莎
shā
a kind of sedge grass that used to be woven into raincoats
- Pinyin
- shā
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 艹 沙
- Formation
- pictophonetic — grass; meaning component 艹; sound component 沙
- Japanese
- 莎 as a kanji
Common words with 莎
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 莎草 | suō cǎo | coco-grass; nut sedge (Cyperus rotundus) |
| 莎丽 (莎麗) | shā lì | sari (loanword) |
| 莎莎酱 (莎莎醬) | shā shā jiàng | (loanword) salsa (sauce) |
| 玛莎拉 (瑪莎拉) | mǎ shā lā | (loanword) masala |
| 莎莎舞 | shā shā wǔ | salsa (dance) |
| 阿莎力 | ā shā lì | (coll.) straightforward; unreserved |
English words written with 莎
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.