Chinese Character 紗 Meanings and components.

Form

紗

Meaning

紗 meaning[3] in English

Cotton Yarn.

Muslin.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 紗 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'silk' radical in … (糹) , and few (少)

Its radical[1] is: 糸 (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .糸mi4fine silk

In cangjie it is written with VFFH

How to write 紗

To write紗sha1cotton yarn you should write a combination of 糹si1'silk' radical … , 少shao3few arranged in a 吅 shape:

糹 + 少 = 紗

紗 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 紗 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 紗, looks as follow:

紗
Pinyin:sha1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Cotton Yarn . Muslin
糹
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
少
Pinyin:shao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Few . Less . To Lack . To Be Missing . To Stop (Doing Sth) . Seldom
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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