挲

挲	U+6332, 挲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6332

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[U+6331]

CJK Unified Ideographs

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[U+6333]

Translingual

Han character

挲 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水竹手 (EHQ), four-corner 3950₂, composition ⿱沙手)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 431, character 31
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12096
Dae Jaweon: page 781, character 3
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1877, character 10
Unihan data for U+6332

Chinese

simp. and trad.		挲
alternative forms		挱𢬰𭢃𢶌𣴷

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (沙) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
硰	ʔsaːlʔ, sʰaːlʔ, *sraːl
娑	saːl, saːlʔ
挱	saːl, sraːl
挲	*saːl
桫	*saːl
渻	saːl, sreŋʔ, *seŋʔ
沙	sraːl, sraːls
紗	*sraːl
砂	*sraːl
鯊	*sraːl
裟	*sraːl
桬	*sraːl
髿	sraːl, soːl
魦	sraːl, soːl
莎	*soːl
莏	*soːl

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): suō (suo¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): so¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): so

(Teochew, Peng'im): so¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suō
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: suo
  - Wade–Giles: so¹
  - Yale: swō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suo
  - Palladius: со (so)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: so¹
  - Yale: sō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: so¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: so¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so
  - Tâi-lô: so
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soy
  - IPA (Xiamen): /so⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /so³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /so⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /so⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɤ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: so¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: so
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /so³³/

Middle Chinese: sa

Rime
Character	挲
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	歌 (94)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	素何切
Baxter	sa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sa/
Li Rong	/sɑ/
Wang Li	/sɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/sɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	suō
Expected Cantonese Reflex	so¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*saːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	挲
Reading #	1/1
No.	11021
Phonetic component	沙
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	娑
Old Chinese	/*saːl/
Notes	同挱

Definitions

挲

to stroke; to caress; to fondle
Synonym: 撫摸 / 抚摸 (fǔmō)

Compounds

挼挲
摩挲

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shā (sha¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saa¹
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): sa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shā
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sha
  - Wade–Giles: sha¹
  - Yale: shā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sha
  - Palladius: ша (ša)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: saa¹
  - Yale: sā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sa¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sa¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sa
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sa³³/

Definitions

挲

only used in 挓挲 (“to stretch open”)

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sā (sa¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): so¹
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): so¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sā
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sa
  - Wade–Giles: sa¹
  - Yale: sā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sa
  - Palladius: са (sa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: so¹
  - Yale: sō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: so¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: so¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: so¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: so
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /so³³/

Definitions

挲

only used in 摩挲 (māsa, “to smooth something out by rubbing”)

References

Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), B01305
“挲”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Vietnamese

Han character

挲: Hán Nôm readings: sa

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References

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