Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fish (yú) Character: Sha Kangxi Strokes: 15 Page 1466, Entry 01 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced sha. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): A type of fish. Originates from Panguo in Lelang. Jade Chapter (Yupian): A shark. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Same as shark. This refers to the small fish today that blows sand. Records of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Ma Rong: The sheatfish, the carp, the yellowhead, and the sha. Commentary: Sha is sometimes written as shark. Also, General Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced suo. A type of fish. Sometimes written as shuo. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced shao. The meaning is the same.