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薩

薩 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 中国語外の"sa"などの音写にもちいる字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

梵語Sattvaの音訳「薛埵」("sat"桑割切)の「薛」の異体字「𦵮」と「土」の合字。「辛」部の下に「土」が合体し、後「産（產）」に訛変し「薩」字になる（画像参考）。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

salvation, Buddha

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • サツ
  • サチ
Nanori (used in names)
  • さっ
Other languages
  • 拼音sa4
  • 한글sal
  • Hán-ViệtTát

Basics

Strokes
17 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+85A9

Components

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Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹隡

Words using this kanji

  • 薩長さっちょう薩摩藩と長州藩。 2. の両藩出身者、つまり、旧薩摩藩士と旧長州藩士。Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
  • 薩埵さった衆生、有情。 菩提薩埵、菩薩。sattva (sentient beings), bodhisattva, Vajrasattva
  • 薩摩さつまたばこ。 現在の、鹿児島県西部の古代における地域名。Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture), sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
  • 薩摩焼さつまやきSatsuma porcelain
  • 薩摩閥さつまばつSatsuma clan
  • 薩婆訶そわかよろしく。ああ、めでたい。めでたし、めでたし。幸あれ。あなかしこ。いや栄。so-wa-ka, well said, so be it
  • 薩摩の守さつまのかみtraveling while deliberately not paying a fare (travelling)
  • 薩英戦争さつえいせんそうAnglo-Satsuma War (1863), Bombardment of Kagoshima
  • 薩摩琵琶さつまびわSatsuma biwa, Satsuma lute
  • 薩長同盟さっちょうどうめいSatchō Alliance
  • 薩摩スティックさつまスティックsweet potato fries

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-14
Four Corner
4421.4
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k13.14
Heisig
2962
Nelson
4066