莎
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katydid (family Tettigoniidae); phonetic "sha" used in transliteration
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 艸 +7
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 莎
- Common rank
- #1,818
- Unicode
- U+838E
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Formation & memory
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Words with 莎
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 德国汉莎航空公司 | Deutsche Lufthansa AG | |
| 阿加莎·克里斯蒂 | Agatha Christie | |
| 莎士比亚 | Shakespeare (name); William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright | |
| 莎车县 | Yarkant, a county in Kashgar City 喀什市[Ka1 shi2 Shi4], Xinjiang | |
| 莎拉·布莱曼 | Sarah Brightman (1960-), English pop star | |
| 阿莎力 | (coll.) straightforward; unreserved; openhearted (Tw) (loanword from Japanese "assari") | |
| 威廉·莎士比亚 | William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright | |
| 杜莎夫人 | Madame Tussaud (1761–1850), French wax sculptor who founded the eponymous wax museum in Lo… | |
| 特雷莎 | Teresa; Theresa (name) | |
| 伊丽莎白 | Elizabeth (person name) | |
| 莎拉·佩林 | Sarah Palin (1964-), US Republican politician, State governor of Alaska from 2006 | |
| 阿伊莎 | Ayshe, Aise or Ayesha (name); Aishah bint Abi Bakr (c. 614-678), youngest wife of prophet … | |
| 斯宾诺莎 | Baruch or Benedict Spinoza (1632-1677), rationalist philosopher | |
| 卡秋莎 | Katyusha (name); name of a Russian wartime song; nickname of a rocket launcher used by the… | |
| 莎拉波娃 | Sharapova (Russian female tennis star) | |
| 玛莎拉 | (loanword) masala | |
| 马莎 | Marks and Spencers, UK retail chain; Martha (name) | |
| 莎拉 | Sara or Sarah (name) | |
| 莎车 | see 莎車縣|莎车县[Sha1 che1 Xian4] | |
| 麦提莎 | Maltesers (chocolate-covered confectionery brand) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 沙 — compare how they read.