薩
sà

Bodhisattva, Buddhist idol

← Back to history
approved by cochleoid · Nov 18, 2025, 06:48 AM · Reviewed by cochleoid on Nov 18, 2025, 06:48 AM

Mentioned 薛 as a possible origin, which would explain the grass radical.

Changed fields: hint, customSources

Used in transliterations of Sanskrit words, such as "Bodhisattva" (菩萨). Possibly a corruption of 薛.

Components

艹
艹 Unknown component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

隡
隡 Unknown component
sà [geographical place name]

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsaːd

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫zi.tools
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang