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娑

suō

Character

What 娑 means

1. (phonetic)
2. see {婆娑|pó suō}

Words containing 娑

• 婆娑pó suōto swirl about; (of leaves and branches) to sway
• 毗耶娑Pí yē suōVyasa, Indian sage and scribe, supposed author of epic 摩诃婆罗多
• 泪眼婆娑lèi yǎn pó suōtearful (idiom)
• 摩娑mó suōvariant of 摩挲

Characters that look like 娑

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 婆pó(bound form) grandmother; (bound form) matron; (bound form) mother-in-law
• 姿zībeauty; disposition; looks
• 宴yàn(bound form) to entertain at a banquet; (bound form) banquet; feast; (literary) peaceful…
• 耍shuǎto play with; to wield; to act (cool etc)
• 婪lánavaricious
• 娄Lóusurname Lou; one of the 28 lunar mansions in Chinese astronomy

Sounds the same

Read suō, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 缩to withdraw; to pull back; to contract
• 唆(bound form) to incite; to instigate
• 嗦to suck; used in 啰嗦; used in 哆嗦
• 梭(textiles) shuttle
• 莎used in 莎草
• 羧carboxyl radical (chemistry)
• 蓑rain coat made of straw etc
• 嗍to suck; Taiwan pr. shuò
• 睃to throw a glance at; to peer at; Taiwan pr. jùn
• 桫horse chestnut; Stewartia pseudocamellia (botany)
• 傞uneven; unsteady (in dancing)
• 蹜walk carefully