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痧

shā

Character

What 痧 means

1. cholera

Words containing 痧

• 刮痧guā shāgua sha (technique in TCM)
• 喉痧hóu shāscarlet fever
• 揪痧jiū shāfolk remedy involving repeatedly pinching the neck, throat, back etc to increase blood…
• 瘪螺痧biě luó shācholera (with dehydration)

Characters built on 沙

These share the phonetic component 沙 (shā), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 莎shākatydid (family Tettigoniidae); phonetic "sha" used in transliteration
• 鲨shāshark
• 挲sāused in 摩挲
• 裟shāused in 袈裟

Sounds the same

Read shā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 杀to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart
• 沙granule; hoarse; raspy
• 莎katydid (family Tettigoniidae); phonetic "sha" used in transliteration
• 纱cotton yarn; muslin
• 煞to terminate; to cut short; to bring to a stop
• 砂sand; gravel; granule
• 刹to brake
• 鲨shark
• 裟used in 袈裟
• 铩(old) spear; lance; (literary) to cripple; to harm; to injure
• 樧Zanthoxylum ailanthoides
• 魦shark family, including some rays and skates