纱

sha̅ = sh + a1

cotton yarn / muslin

纱 character breakdown

纱
- 少
  - 丿
  - 小
    - 亅
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
- 纟

shǎo = sh + ao3

few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom

少 = 丿 + 小 : Mnemonic symbol: 少 looks like a smiley face. There's a food shortage (少) in the aorta, and Sherlock Holmes (sh) and Smiley (少) are looking for food in the living room (ao3). There's only one banana (丿) left. Soon they'll have to eat the many daisies (小) which are growing there.

shào = sh + ao4

young

si̅ = s + Ø1

"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]

A silk worm.

Characters with 纱 as component

纱 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 纱

wedding dress / CL:身[shen1]

gauze

seersucker (cotton cloth with pattern of dimples)

cotton yarn

black gauze hat (worn by an imperial official as a sign of his position) / (fig.) official post

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

sarong (loanword)

screen window

sari (loanword)

lit. to lose one's black hat / to be sacked from an official post

cop (textiles)

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

gauze mask

gauze hat / (fig.) job as an official

cotton mill / textile factory

(textiles) yarn count (unit indicating the fineness of a yarn) / (sometimes used loosely to mean thread count)

spindle

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

to wash silk

Huansahji or Washing the Silken Gauze, Yuan and Ming saga reworked by 梁辰魚|梁辰鱼 from History of the Southern States Wu and Yue, 吳越春秋|吴越春秋, a popular opera subject

Sentences with 纱

纱 currently does not appear in any sentence.