Chinese Character 莎 Meanings and components.

Form

莎

Meaning

莎 meaning[3] in English

Katydid (Family Tettigoniidae).

Phonetic 'Sha' Used In Transliteration.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 莎 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are grass radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[cao3 … (艹) , and surname Sha (沙)

Its radical[1] is: 艸 (cao3) which means: Variant Of 草[Cao3], .艸cao3variant of …

In cangjie it is written with TEFH

How to write 莎

To write莎sha1katydid (family … you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 沙sha1surname Sha arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 沙 = 莎

莎 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

莎
Pinyin:sha1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Katydid (Family Tettigoniidae) . Phonetic 'Sha' Used In Transliteration
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
沙
Pinyin:sha1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Sha
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
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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