shā
noun #20,979

Meanings

  1. 1 shark (variant/traditional character form)

Characters

Examples

Shā shì shāyú de jiǎnchēng huò yìtǐzì.
鯊 is a short form or variant character of shark (鲨鱼).
Dà bái shā shì hǎiyáng zhōng zuì lìng rén kǒngjù de shēngwù zhī yī.
The great white shark is one of the most feared creatures in the ocean.

Tips

usage
(shā) is the traditional/variant form of , the character for shark. In modern standard Chinese, 鲨鱼 is the full word for shark. alone may appear in classical texts, proper nouns, or as a literary shorthand.

Stroke Order

shā