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飒

sà

Character Traditional 颯

What 飒 means

1. sound of wind
2. valiant
3. melancholy

Other readings

飒 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• sàvariant of {飒|sà}

Words starting with 飒

• 飒飒sà sàsoughing; whistling or rushing sound (of the wind in trees, the sea etc)
• 飒然sà ránsoughing (of the wind)
• 飒爽sà shuǎngheroic; valiant

Words containing 飒

• 秋风飒飒qiū fēng sà sàthe autumn wind is soughing (idiom)
• 英姿飒爽yīng zī sà shuǎng(of a person) valiant and formidable-looking; to carry oneself tall

Characters built on 立

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

• 拉lāto pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag
• 垃lāused in 垃圾; Taiwan pr. lè
• 砬láa huge boulder; a towering rock

Characters that look like 飒

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

• 玩wánto play; to have fun; to trifle with
• 佩pèito respect; to wear (belt etc)
• 娠shēnpregnant
• 舐shìto lick; to lap (up)
• 娓wěiused in 娓娓
• 砜fēngsulfone

Sounds the same

Read sà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 萨used in 菩萨; used in transliteration
• 卅thirty
• 攃preceding
• 钑(literary) small halberd with an iron handle, used as a weapon or agricultural tool…