Meanings

Gauze, Gossamer

Radicals

糹

Decomposition

⿰糹少

Etymology

Pictophonetic: thread

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 curve bottom-right-to-top-left

2 curve bottom-right-to-top-left

3 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

4 vertical top-to-bottom

5 diagonal bottom-to-top

6 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

7 hook right-to-left

8 diagonal right-to-left

9 dot right-to-left

10 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

サ sa

シャ sha

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

うすぎぬ usuginu

Words Using This Kanji

13 words total

Other (13 words)

chintz

felt

gauzy

cheesecloth

delicate gauze

silk crepe

(silk) gauze

sheep

redvein enkianthus (Enkianthus campanulatus)

紗綾形さやがた

sayagata (pattern of interlocking swastikas)

更紗羽太さらさはた

humpback grouper (Chromileptes altivelis)

玉羅紗たまらしゃ

type of woolen fabric, esp. used for overcoats

紗幕しゃまく

scrim

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