莎 (saa1 so1 | sha1 suo1) : a name

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莎

saa1 so1

sha1 suo1

[粵] saa1 [國] sha1
used in names of people and places

[粵] so1 [國] suo1
nutgrass flatsedge (a kind of medicinal herb)

Stroke count: 11

Level: 4

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

莎

This word has been viewed 3991 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 14th Jul 2007 16:49 and last edited on 2nd Feb 2014 14:03

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披莎 pi1 saa4 pi1 sha1 = pizza

馬莎 maa5 saa1 ma3 sha1 = Marks & Spencer

馬莎百貨公司 maa5 saa1 baak3 fo3 gung1 si1 ma3 sha1 bai3 huo4 gong1 si1 = Marks & Spencer

莎莎舞 saa1 saa1 mou5 = salsa dancing (as a loanword)

莎莎醬 saa1 saa1 zoeng1 = salsa (type of sauce)

莎當妮 saa1 dong1 nei4 sha1 dang1 ni1 = chardonnay

莎莎 saa1 saa1 = Sa Sa Cosmetics

金莎 gam1 saa1 jin1 sha1 = Ferrero Rocher

蒙羅麗莎 mung4 lo4 lai6 saa1 meng2 luo2 li4 sha1 = Mona Lisa

莎士比亞 saa1 si6 bei2 aa3 sha1 shi4 bi3 ya4 = (William) Shakespeare

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Decimal representation of this word: 莎
Unicode code for this character: U+838e (off-site link)

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