Xu Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Wind (fēng)
Entry: Sa
Kangxi stroke count: 14
Page 1412, Entry 02
Tang Dynasty Rhyme Dictionary (Tangyun): Pronounced sa.
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced sa.
According to the Shuo Wen Jie Zi (Shuo Wen): The sound of soaring wind. Also, the sound of wind.
Song Yu in Wind Rhapsody (Feng Fu): There was wind that arrived with a rushing sound.
Du Fu in Living in Tonggu (Yu Tonggu Ge): The four mountains are windy and the creek water is rapid; cold rain falls with a rushing sound onto the withered trees.
Also, withered and decayed.
Du Fu in Writing My Thoughts in Kuifu (Kuifu Shuhuai Shi): White hair is thin and desolate.
Cen Shen poem: Temple hair is thin and already grey.
Also, flourishing and abundant in appearance.
Yan Yanzhi in Reciting History (Yong Shi Shi): The guests and entourage are bustling and flourishing, their saddles and horses shining upon the earth.
Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced su. Meaning is the same.
Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced li.
Five Sounds Collected Rhymes (Wuyin Jiyun): A great wind.
Also, Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): A name. In the Former Han Dynasty there was Liu Sa; in the Later Han Dynasty there was Wei Sa.
Supplement to the Collection of Characters (Zihui Bu): Sometimes written in a variant form.