Pronunciation family
Chinese characters for “sa”
12 characters share this plain syllable. Compare tone marks first, then open a character for writing and usage.
Tone by tone
Separate the sound family before memorizing characters
The same letters can represent different words when the tone changes.
1
First tone
sā
3
Third tone
sǎ
4
Fourth tone
sà
·
Neutral tone
sa
Sound in context
Words using this pronunciation family
Move from isolated sounds into useful vocabulary.