(): used in 菩薩|菩萨[pu2 sa4], used in transliteration

() is a Chinese character meaning “used in 菩薩|菩萨[pu2 sa4].” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (structural). It ranks #1045 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. used in 菩薩|菩萨[pu2 sa4]
  2. used in transliteration

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
dé kè sà sīTexas, US state
bǐ sà(loanword) pizza
pī sà(loanword) pizza
ā sà déAssad (Arabic name)
sà dá mǔSaddam Hussein (1937–2006), president of Iraq 1979–2003
sà kè sīsax
sà sīSARS
bǐ sà bǐngpizza (loanword)
kǎ sà nuò wǎGiacomo Casanova (1725-1798), Italian adventurer known for womanizing
mó sà déMossad
tè lǐ sàTeresa
ài sà kèIsaac (name)
sà ěrSaarland
áo dé sàOdessa (city in Ukraine)
dé kè sà sīTexas, US state (an official transliteration, but less commonly used than 德克薩斯|德克萨斯[De2 ke4 sa4 si1])
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Total compounds
41
As first character
23
As last character
36
As middle character

appears in 100 compound words: 41 as the first character, 23 as the last, and 36 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

0.766140 co-occurrences
0.58515,174 co-occurrences
0.552156,690 co-occurrences
lěi
0.54112 co-occurrences
ěr
0.535113,112 co-occurrences
0.52653,756 co-occurrences
zhū
0.50615,948 co-occurrences
0.49488,439 co-occurrences
kān
0.4857,128 co-occurrences
gāng
0.4785,994 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (23)

Bǐsà XiétǎHSK 7+

the Leaning Tower of Pisa

bù lā sà shìHSK 7+

Brazzaville, capital of Congo (Tw)

phrase
DálánsàlāHSK 7+

Dharamshala

DékèsàsīHSK 7+

(Mainland China) Texas (a state of the United States)

DékèsàsīHSK 7+

(Taiwan) Texas (a state in the south-central region of the United States)

Dìzàng PúsàHSK 7+

Kṣitigarbha bodhisattva

Guānyīn PúsàHSK 7+

Guanyin; benevolent person

noun
hāsàkèwénHSK 7+

Kazakh script; written Kazakh language

noun
hāsàkèyǔHSK 7+

Kazakh (language)

noun
MǎsàzhūsàiHSK 7+

Massachusetts (a state of the United States); Massachusett

Mílè PúsàHSK 7+

Maitreya bodhisattva

Pǔxián PúsàHSK 7+

Samantabhadra bodhisattva

Showing 12 of 23 idioms containing .

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

我在字典里查到了字的详细解释。

wǒ zài zì diǎn lǐ chá dào le sà zì de xiáng xì xiè shì .

I looked up the detailed explanation of the character "萨" in the dictionary.

JiemianFeb 2026

卷入爱泼斯坦案件,美国前财长默斯从哈佛辞职

juǎn rù ài pō sī tǎn àn jiàn , měi guó qián cái cháng sà mò sī cóng hā fó cí zhí

Involved in the Epstein case, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Summers resigned from Harvard

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yǔ ài pō sī tǎn yǒu qiān lián , měi guó qián cái cháng sà mò sī jiāng cí qù hā fó jiào zhí

Involved with Epstein, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Summers will resign from Harvard University

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chūn rì xīn shēng liáo yù zhī shǐ : sòng sà sī rén dǎo yǔ S a r a a n S a n c t u a r . . .

The beginning of spring rebirth healing: Saraan Sanctuar...

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tái shāng jìng wài bù jú zhù yì ! sà mó yà yí chū ōu méng shuì wù bù gě zuò hēi míng dān , yuè nán yīn zī xùn . . .

Pay attention to the overseas layout of Taiwanese businessmen! Samoa moved out of the EU tax non-cooperation blacklist, Vietnam because of information...

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wǔ jiǎo dà xià pī sà zhǐ shǔ bèi jǐn dīng ! měi fáng cháng xiào diǎn zhè jiā diàn : wǒ yāo dìng yī . . .

The "Pentagon Pizza Index" is being watched! The U.S. Secretary of Defense laughed at this store: I want to order a...

Tatoeba

佛罗伦是意大利最美丽的城市。

Fóluólúnsà shì Yìdàlì zuì měilì de chéngshì.

Florence is the most beautiful city in Italy.

Tatoeba

我住在哈克斯坦。

Wǒ zhù zài Hāsàkèsītǎn.

I live in Kazakhstan.

Tatoeba

汤姆吃了一片比饼。

Tāngmǔ chī le yī piàn bǐsàbǐng.

Tom ate a slice of pizza.

Tatoeba

米非常讨厌蕾拉。

Sà mǐ fēicháng tǎoyàn lěi lā.

Sami hates Layla so much.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 萨 (sà) mean in Chinese?
萨 (sà) primarily means "used in 菩薩|菩萨[pu2 sa4]." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #1045 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 萨 have?
萨 is written with 11 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 萨?
The radical associated with 萨 is 艹 (grass). This radical appears in many characters related to grass.
What are the components of 萨?
萨 is composed of: 艹 (structural), undefined (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱艹⿰阝产 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 萨?
Common words with 萨 include: 德克萨斯 (dé kè sà sī, "Texas, US state"); 比萨 (bǐ sà, "(loanword) pizza"); 披萨 (pī sà, "(loanword) pizza"); 阿萨德 (ā sà dé, "Assad (Arabic name)"); 萨达姆 (sà dá mǔ, "Saddam Hussein (1937–2006), president of Iraq 1979–2003"). There are over 100 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 萨 (sà)?
Several characters share the pronunciation sà: 撒 (to let go), 洒 (to sprinkle). Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 萨 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 萨 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.