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shā

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shā Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shā | sha1
English translation
shark

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About shā

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Number of strokes

15

Traditional form

shā

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

fish

Etymology of shā

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

沙鱼 shā yú

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Shā

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Shā represents the sound. Simplified form of shā .

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Example sentences using shā

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tài lǎo le ,不能 bù néng yòng 棍子 gùn zi 鲨鱼 shā yú le .

I am too old to club sharks to death.

hěn 可能 kěnéng shì tiáo 大马 Dà mǎ Lín ,或者 huòzhě 剑鱼 jiàn yú ,或者 huòzhě 鲨鱼 shā yú .

It could have been a marlin or a broadbill or a shark.

鲨鱼 shā yú 急速 jí sù 潜入 qián rù 水中 zài 船下游动 yóu dòng

The shark dived down and swam under the boat.

Words with shā

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
鲨鱼 shā yú shark鯊魚
shā shark shā
鲸鲨 jīng shā whale shark鯨鯊

shā Decomposition & Compounds

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