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剎
shā

Meanings

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shā
  1. 1.to brake
chà
  1. 1.Buddhist monastery, temple or shrine (abbr. for 刹多罗[chà duō luó], Sanskrit "ksetra")

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.Clipping of 剎多羅／刹多罗 (chàduōluó).
  2. 2.land; world; place; area
  3. 3.place of pilgrimage; kshetra; Buddhist temple; Buddhist monastery; pagoda
  4. 4.Clipping of 剎那／刹那 (chànà).
  5. 5.instant; moment; impermanence
  6. 6.brief moment; short moment
  7. 7.to brake (a car); to stop a car

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *sʰraːd): phonetic 殺 (OC *sreːds, *sreːd) + semantic 刂. Transcription of the kṣV (क्ष) sequence in various Sanskrit words, probably via Khotanese or Gandhari 𐨐𐨿𐨮 (kṣ /⁠*tʂ(ə), *ʈʂ(ə)⁠/) (Bailey, 1946), including: * Sanskrit क्षेत्र (kṣetra, “land; place of pilgrimage”) (剎多羅) * Sanskrit क्षण (kṣaṇa, “instant (in time)”) (剎那) * Sanskrit क्षेम (kṣema, “residence”) (剎摩) * Sanskrit क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya, “warrior caste; kshatriya”) (剎怛利耶, 剎帝利, 剎利)

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Stroke order

Components

刹杀刂

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Derived terms

一剎那一刹那上剎上刹佛剎佛刹剎帝利刹帝利剎摩刹摩剎時刹时剎柱刹柱剎海刹海剎那刹那古剎古刹塵剎尘刹寶剎宝刹巴剎巴刹梵剎梵刹羅剎罗刹

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Related words

刹车 to brake (when driving)刹那 an instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye刹住 to stop刹时 in a flash古刹 old Buddhist temple巴刹 bazaar (loanword)罗刹 demon in Buddhism脚刹 foot brake刹停 to brake to a halt塔刹 Buddhist ornamentation decorating the upper story of a pagoda梵刹 Buddhist temple手刹 handbrake