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娑

suō
adjective #43,569

Meanings

  1. 1 (in 婆娑) dancing; whirling; swaying gracefully

Examples

HSK 7-9
柳枝在风中婆娑起舞。
Liǔ zhī zài fēng zhōng pósuō qǐwǔ.
The willow branches sway gently in the breeze.
HSK 7-9
月光透过婆娑的树影洒下来。
Yuèguāng tòuguò pósuō de shùyǐng sǎ xiàlái.
Moonlight fell through the swaying tree shadows.

Tips

usage
娑 is a bound character living in 婆娑, describing graceful swaying or whirling, as of dancing or branches in the wind. It also transliterates 娑婆 (the Saha world) in Buddhist texts.

Components

radical
女 nǚ
woman
女 is the woman radical at the bottom. The original sense pictured a woman dancing, which is why this character means graceful swaying motion.
phonetic
沙 shā
sand
沙 sits on top and supplies the sound, shifted from shā to suō. It is the phonetic element here and contributes only the reading.

Stroke Order

娑 suō