萨 sà bodhisattva
bodhisattva; Buddhist diety; used in transliterations
How to remember 萨: 艹 grass + 阝 mound + 产 to give birth = bodhisattva. On a grassy mound behind the temple, a stray cat is about to give birth, watched over by a stone bodhisattva.
Component breakdown
萨 = 艹 grass + 阝 mound + 产 to give birth
- 艹 grass
- 阝 mound
- 产 to give birth
- 亠 lid
- 丷 horns
- 厂 factory
On a grassy mound behind the temple, a stray cat is about to give birth, watched over by a stone bodhisattva.
How it is used
- A transliteration character with no meaning of its own, used to render foreign syllables - 菩萨 (púsà, bodhisattva), 萨克斯 (sàkèsī, saxophone), 拉萨 (Lāsà, Lhasa), 萨满 (sàmǎn, shaman).
- Recognize it as a phonetic building block, not a semantic one.
Words with 萨
Example sentences
- 我点了一份比萨。 Wǒ diǎnle yī fèn bǐsà.I've ordered a piece of pizza.