娑

娑	U+5A11, 娑 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A11

Translingual

Han character

娑 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水竹女 (EHV), four-corner 3940₄, composition ⿱沙女)

Derived characters

𭢃, 𨪍, 𣯢, 𣯌, 䓾

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 262, character 6
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6294
Dae Jaweon: page 528, character 27
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1054, character 1
Unihan data for U+5A11

Chinese

trad.		娑
simp. ^#		娑

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (沙) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
硰	ʔsaːlʔ, sʰaːlʔ, *sraːl
娑	saːl, saːlʔ
挱	saːl, sraːl
挲	*saːl
桫	*saːl
渻	saːl, sreŋʔ, *seŋʔ
沙	sraːl, sraːls
紗	*sraːl
砂	*sraːl
鯊	*sraːl
裟	*sraːl
桬	*sraːl
髿	sraːl, soːl
魦	sraːl, soːl
莎	*soːl
莏	*soːl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *saːl, *saːlʔ) : phonetic 沙 (OC *sraːl, *sraːls) + semantic 女 (“woman”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suō (suo¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): so¹
Eastern Min (BUC): sŏ̤
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): so¹ / sa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suō
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suo
  - Wade–Giles: so¹
  - Yale: swō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suo
  - Palladius: со (so)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: so¹
  - Yale: sō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: so¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: so¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sŏ̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /so⁵⁵/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: so¹ / sa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /so³³/, /sa̠³³/

Middle Chinese: sa, saX

Rime
Character	娑	娑
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	素何切	蘇可切
Baxter	sa	saX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑ/	/sɑ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑ/	/sɑ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑ/	/sɑ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sa/	/sa^X/
Li Rong	/sɑ/	/sɑ^X/
Wang Li	/sɑ/	/sɑ^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sɑ/	/sɑ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suō	suǒ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	so¹	so²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ˤa[j]/

(Zhengzhang): /*saːl/, /*saːlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	娑
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	suō
Middle Chinese	‹ sa ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]ˁa[j]/
English	婆娑 saunter, dance
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	娑	娑
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	11019	11024
Phonetic component	沙	沙
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	娑	縒
Old Chinese	/*saːl/	/*saːlʔ/

Definitions

娑

Used in 婆娑 (pósuō) and 娑娑.
Used in transcription.

Usage notes

In transcriptions of Buddhist terms, 娑 (MC sa|saX) is often used to transcribe Sanskrit स (sa).

Compounds

娑娑
娑婆 (suōpó)
娑婆世界 (Suōpó shìjiè)
娑羅 / 娑罗 (suōluó)
娑羅樹 / 娑罗树 (suōluóshù)
娑羅雙樹 / 娑罗双树
婆娑 (pósuō)
婆娑起舞
婆那娑
摩娑
老子婆娑
邏娑 / 逻娑 (Luósuō)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Eastern Min (BUC): sŏ̤

Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sŏ̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /so⁵⁵/

Definitions

娑 (Eastern Min)

(Eastern Min) cooling sensation (caused by e.g. mint)
(Eastern Min, weather) chilly
Synonym: 涼颼颼 / 凉飕飕 (liángsōusōu)
(Eastern Min) of a sharp painful sensation
乞刺麻带咬𡅏會做娑娑著 [Eastern Min, trad.]
乞刺麻带咬𡅏会做娑娑着 [Eastern Min, simp.]
Being stung by caterpillars can be very painful.

References

冯爱珍 [Feng, Aizhen], editor (1998), “娑”, in 福州方言词典 [Dictionary of the Fuzhou Dialect] (in Chinese), Nanjing: 江苏教育出版社 (Jiangsu Educational Press), →ISBN.

Japanese

Kanji

娑

(Hyōgai kanji)

old woman

Readings

Go-on: さ (sa)
Kan-on: さ (sa)
Kan’yō-on: しゃ (sha)
Kun: まう (mau, 娑う)

Korean

Hanja

娑 (eum 사 (sa))

Vietnamese

Han character

娑: Hán Nôm readings: sa

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References

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