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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- sa3
- English meanings
- to sprinkle, to spray, to spill, to shed
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 氵; right 西.
Meaning & sound clues
氵 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “water”.
西 is identified as the sound component (xī). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 洒.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
sow
used in 菩萨; sax
wind sound; valiant
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- 潇洒