Chinese symbol for “sati”

萨蒂

sà dì

Traditional: 薩蒂

sati (illegal Hindu practice)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for sati is 萨蒂 (sà dì), defined as: sati (illegal Hindu practice).

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Characters and stroke order

萨 sà

Buddhist diety; used in transliterations

radical 140 ⾋ · 11 strokes

蒂 dì

root cause; the stem of a fruit; the peduncle of a flower

radical 140 ⾋ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

薩 sà

Related words

Other words that share a character with 萨蒂.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
菩萨 (菩薩)	pú sà	(Buddhism) bodhisattva
披萨 (披薩)	pī sà	(loanword) pizza
比萨 (比薩)	bǐ sà	(loanword) pizza
萨斯 (薩斯)	sà sī	SARS; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
比萨饼 (比薩餅)	bǐ sà bǐng	pizza (loanword); 张 (zhāng)
萨克斯 (薩克斯)	sà kè sī	sax; saxophone
根深蒂固	gēn shēn dì gù	deep-rooted (problem etc)
阴蒂 (陰蒂)	yīn dì	clitoris

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.