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shā

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shā Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shā | sha1
English translation
gauze, muslin, yarn

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About shā

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

shā

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

thread

Etymology of shā

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

糹少

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

shǎo

Explanation

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

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Words with shā

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
婚纱 hūn shā wedding dress婚紗
shā muslin shā
纱布 shā bù gauze紗布
面纱 miàn shā veil面紗
棉纱 mián shā cotton yarn棉紗
纱线 shā xiàn yarn紗線
纺纱 fǎng shā spinning紡紗
乌纱帽 wū shā mào fig. official post烏紗帽
纱窗 shā chuāng screen window紗窗
纱厂 shā chǎng cotton mill紗廠
泡泡纱 pào pào shā seersucker (cotton cloth with pattern of dimples)泡泡紗
黑纱 hēi shā black armband黑紗
麻纱 má shā linen or cotton fabric麻紗
头纱 tóu shā wedding veil頭紗
纱帽 shā mào gauze hat紗帽
纬纱 wěi shā weft緯紗
经纱 jīng shā warp (vertical thread in weaving)經紗

shā Decomposition & Compounds

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