沙
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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沙 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水火竹 (EFH), four-corner 39120, composition ⿰氵少)
Historical forms of the character 沙 | |
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Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 水 (“water”) + 少 (“to lack; to be short of”).
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(s/z)a-j (“earth, sand”). Compare Tibetan ས (sa, “sand”) and Burmese သဲ (sai:, “sand”).
沙
Chinese historical small numbers | ||
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Value | Character | Notes |
10-1 | 分 (fèn) | Still in use. SI prefix deci-. |
10-2 | 厘 (lí), 釐 (lí) | Still in use. SI prefix centi-. |
10-3 | 毫 (háo) | Still in use. SI prefix milli-. Also 毛 (máo). |
10-4 | 絲 / 丝 (sī) | Rarely used today. |
秒 (miǎo) | Obsolete, only in ancient texts. | |
10-5 | 忽 (hū) | Rarely used today. |
10-6 | 微 (wēi) | Still in use. SI prefix micro-. |
10-7 | 纖 / 纤 (xiān) | Obsolete. |
10-8 | 沙 (shā) | Obsolete. |
10-9 | 塵 / 尘 (chén) | Obsolete. 納 / 纳 (nà) and 奈 (nài) are used for nano-. |
10-10 | 埃 (āi) | Obsolete. In modern use, the character for angstrom (10-10 m). |
10-11 | 渺 (miǎo) | Obsolete. |
10-12 | 漠 (mò) | Obsolete. 皮 (pí) is used for SI prefix pico-. |
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For pronunciation and definitions of 沙 – see 砂. (This character is the second-round simplified form of 砂). |
Notes:
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From Middle Chinese 沙 (MC srae|sraeH). Recorded as Middle Korean 사 (sa) (Yale: sa) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Wikisource 沙 (eumhun 모래 사 (morae sa))
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