莎

Information about character(s)

Radical: 艸
Radical Strokes: 6
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 10

Pronunciation

Pinyin: suō, shā, suī
Cantonese: saa1 so1
JapaneseKun: HAMASUGE
JapaneseOn: SA SHA
Korean: SA

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: kind of sedge grass, used anciently for raincoats

CE-Dict: see 莎草[suo1 cao3]/see 摩莎[mo2 suo1]

Soothill: A species of grass, or sedge; cf. 娑.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a kind of medicinal herb
sha
ㄕㄚ
1.a kind of insect

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《艸部》莎鎬侯也。从艸沙聲。

康熙字典文字版 【申集上】【艸字部】莎
【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】蘇禾切【正韻】桑何切，𠀤音唆。草名。【說文】薃侯也。一名侯莎。【爾雅翼】莖葉似三稜，根周匝多毛，謂之香附子。一名雀頭香。【博雅】地毛，莎䔺也。　又木名。【廣韻】似桄榔，其樹出麪。　又【前漢·馮奉世傳】莎車王萬年。【註】莎車，國名。　又亭名。【水經注】莎泉南流，水側有莎泉亭。　又【集韻】師加切，音沙。蟲名。【詩·豳風】六月莎雞振羽。　又宣佳切，音綏。挼莎，以手切摩也。【禮·曲禮】共飯不澤手。【疏】澤謂挼莎。又摩莎洓之，出其香汁。　又【韻補】莎草之莎，叶音綏。【馬融·廣成頌】鎭以瑤臺，純以金堤，樹以蒲柳，被以綠莎。

CF-Dict: roseau

Han-De-Dict: (English: (phonetic)) (u.E.)