Sha Wujing

Burmese nameBurmeseရှားဝူကျင့်Vietnamese nameVietnamese alphabetSa Tăng ("Monk Sha"), Sa Ngộ Tĩnh or Sa Ngộ TịnhChữ Hán沙僧, 沙悟淨Thai nameThaiซัวเจ๋งRTGSSua ChengKorean nameHangul사오정Japanese nameHiraganaさ ごじょうKyūjitaiShinjitaiKhmer nameKhmerសា អ៊ូជីង

Sha Wujing (Chinese: 沙悟淨) is one of the three disciples of the Buddhist pilgrim Tang Sanzang in the 16th-century novel Journey to the West written by Wu Cheng'en in the Ming dynasty, although versions of his character predate the Ming novel. In the source novel, his background is the least developed of the pilgrims, and he contributes the least to their efforts. In the original Chinese story, he is a man-eating monster. In many Japanese versions, Sha Wujing is depicted as a Kappa.