Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "纱", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "纱", and master the standard way of writing the character "纱".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 纱
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "纱" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
纱 shā
[名]
【本义】: 轻细的绢
【造字法】: 会意。从糸( mì),从少。
1. 用棉麻纤维、化学纤维等纺成的细缕,用它可以捻成线或织成布:棉纱。纺纱。
(Definition: Fine threads spun from cotton, linen, chemical fibers, etc., which can be twisted into yarn or woven into fabric: cotton gauze. Spinning yarn.)
2. 经纬线稀疏或有小孔的纺织品:羽纱。窗纱。纱布。纱帽(古代文官戴的一种帽子,后作官职的代称。亦称“乌纱帽”)。
(Definition: Textiles with sparse warp and weft or small holes: feather gauze. Window gauze. Gauze fabric. A gauze hat (a type of hat worn by ancient civil officials, later used as a term for official positions, also called "black gauze hat").)
3. 像纱布的:铁纱。塑料纱。
(Definition: Similar to gauze: iron gauze. Plastic gauze.)
引
1. 汉· 王充《论衡》:白纱入缁,不染自黑。
(Quote: Han Dynasty, Wang Chong "Lunheng": White gauze enters the black, not dyed, turns black.)
2. 《红楼梦》:绸缎一百三十卷,纱绫一百八十卷。
(Quote: "Dream of the Red Chamber": One hundred thirty rolls of silk satin, one hundred eighty rolls of gauze silk.)
例
又如: 纱元(纸制的纱缎和元宝;祭品);纱绢(细薄丝织品的通称;纱手帕);纱罗(轻软细薄的丝织品的通称);纱笼中人(喻命中富贵,可官至宰相)
(Examples: gauze yuan (paper gauze satin and ingots; sacrificial offerings); gauze silk (a common term for thin and thin silk products; gauze handkerchief); gauze silk (a common term for lightweight, soft, and thin silk products); person in a gauze cage (metaphor for a person destined for wealth and high office, capable of reaching the position of prime minister.)
引
1. 唐· 白居易《宿东亭晓兴》:温温土炉火,耿耿纱笼烛。
(Quote: Tang Dynasty, Bai Juyi "Staying at Dong Pavilion in Dawn Inspiration": The warm earthen stove fire, the bright gauze lantern.)
例
又如: 纱帐(纱制帐幕);纱屉子(纱窗。旧时的窗户分两层,里面一层多用纱糊,透明,通气);纱帷(即纱帐);纱幌(纱制窗帘);乔其纱;泡泡纱;纱窗(蒙纱的窗户);纱罩(蒙纱的灯罩;蒙纱的防蝇罩;煤气灯上的主要附件)
(Examples: gauze tent (a tent made of gauze); gauze window (old-style windows divided into two layers, with the inner layer often made of gauze, allowing for transparency and ventilation); gauze curtain (i.e., gauze tent); gauze curtain (a curtain made of gauze); georgette gauze; bubble gauze; gauze window (windows covered with gauze); gauze lampshade (a lampshade covered with gauze; a gauze fly cover; a major accessory to gas lamps).)