suō

dance

Components

Sound component
shā sand
Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

woman

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsa[s]ˤa[j]婆娑 saunter, dance
Zhengzhangsaːl
saːlʔ
Unicode

說文解字

舞也。从女沙聲。《詩》曰:“市也媻娑。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica