Chinese Character 薩 Meanings and components.

Form

薩

Meaning

薩 meaning[3] in English

Bodhisattva.

Surname Sa.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 薩 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 (隡)

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

In cangjie it is written with TNLM

How to write 薩

To write薩sa4Bodhisattva you should write a combination of 艹cao3grass radical … , 隡sa4 arranged in a 吕 shape:

艹 + 隡 = 薩

薩 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

薩
Pinyin:sa4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Bodhisattva . Surname Sa
艹
Pinyin:cao3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Grass Radical 草字頭兒|草字头儿[Cao3 Zi4 Tou2 R5]
隡
Pinyin:sa4 Shape:吅
阝
Pinyin:fu4 Shape:一
產
Pinyin:chan3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Give Birth . To Reproduce . To Produce . Product . Resource . Estate . Property
产
Pinyin:chan3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Give Birth . To Reproduce . To Produce . Product . Resource . Estate . Property
六
Pinyin:liu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Six . 6
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
厂
Pinyin:chang3
Meaning[3]: 'Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 27), Occurring In 原, 历, 压 Etc
生
Pinyin:sheng1
Meaning[3]: To Be Born . To Give Birth . Life . To Grow . Raw . Uncooked . Student
牛
Pinyin:niu2
Meaning[3]: Surname Niu
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Notes

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

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

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