紗 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

gauze, gossamer

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シャ
Kun (native)
  • うすぎぬ
Nanori (used in names)
  • たえ
  • すず
Other languages
  • 拼音sha1
  • 한글sa
  • Hán-ViệtSa

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
糸(いと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+7D17

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰糸少

Words using this kanji

  • しゃ(silk) gauze
  • 紗幕しゃまくscrim, gauze curtain
  • 紗綾形さやがたsayagata (pattern of interlocking swastikas)
  • 紗のようしゃのようgauzy

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(19 results)

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-6-4
Four Corner
2992.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
6a4.6
Heisig
2714
Nelson
3503