硇砂

Chinese

		phonetic	sand; gravel; granule
simp. and trad. (硇砂)		硇	砂
alt. forms		硇沙碙砂𥐻砂䃩砂𠬦沙硇沙碙砂𥐻砂䃩砂𠬦沙𥐼砂𥐼沙𣲿沙𣳦沙𥑪砂𥓁沙𥑚沙

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Persian (nošâdor, nošâder, “sal ammoniac”); compare also Arabic نُشادِر‎ (nušādir), نُوشادِر‎ (nūšādir), Uyghur نۆشۈدۈر‎ (nöshüdür), Russian нашаты́рь (našatýrʹ), Sanskrit नवसार (navasāra), नवसादर (navasādara).

In the Compendium of Materia Medica, botanist Li Shizhen erroneously explained the 硇 (náo) as equivalent to 惱 (nǎo, “annoyed”), in the sense that the substance would supposedly cause one to be mentally “perturbed” (硇亂) when ingested.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): náoshā

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄠˊ ㄕㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): naau⁴ saa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: náoshā
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄠˊ ㄕㄚ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nausha
  - IPA ^(key): /nɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂa̠⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: naau⁴ saa¹
  - Yale: nàauh sā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naau⁴ saa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nao⁴ sa¹
  - IPA ^(key): /nɑːu̯²¹ sɑː⁵⁵/

Noun

硇砂

(traditional Chinese medicine) sal ammoniac

Derived terms

白硇砂
紫硇砂

黃硇砂／黄硇砂

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