纱 - shā - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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10 strokes
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紗 (纱)

shā

Definition

cotton yarn
muslin

Character Decomposition

Related words (27)

sari (loanword)

cotton mill; textile factory

gauze

gauze hat; (fig.) job as an official

screen window

yarn

spindle

gauze mask

wedding veil; gauze headscarf or veil

wedding dress

doubling (combining two or more lengths of yarn into a single thread)

cotton yarn

to wash silk

cop (textiles)

woof (horizontal thread in weaving); weft

紡紗

fǎng shā

to spin (cotton, wool etc); spinning

經紗

jīng shā

warp (vertical thread in weaving)

armband

gauze (cloth)

light muslin; gauze

veil

linen or cotton fabric

black armband

black hat (worn by feudal official); (fig.) official post

泡泡紗

pào pào shā

seersucker (cotton cloth with pattern of dimples)

丟烏紗帽

diū wū shā mào

(lit.) to lose one's black hat; to be sacked from an official post

婚紗攝影

hūn shā shè yǐng

wedding photos (done in studio, kit and caboodle taken care of by the studio)

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