沙 (shā)
sand; gravel; granule
How 沙 is written
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Traditional
- 沙
- Simplified
- 沙 (unchanged)
Components
- 氵 water
- 小 small
- 丿 bend
Common words using 沙
- 沙場 shāchǎng
- sandpit; battleground; battlefield
- 沙拉 shālā
- salad
- 沙漠 shāmò
- desert; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 沙灘 shātān
- beach; sandy shore; CL:片[pian4]
- 沙發 shāfā
- sofa; CL:條|条[tiao2],張|张[zhang1]
- 長沙 chángshā
- Changsha prefecture level city and capital of Hunan province in south central China
- 冰沙 bīngshā
- slushie; smoothie; crushed ice drink
- 南沙 nánshā
- Nansha Islands; Spratly Islands; Nansha district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 shi4], Guangdong
- 尖沙咀 jiānshāzuǐ
- Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong
- 川沙 chuānshā
- Chuansha, name of street and park in Pudong New District 浦東新區|浦东新区[Pu3 dong1 xin1 qu1], Shanghai
- 沙丁魚 shādīngyú
- sardine
- 沙丘 shāqiū
- sand dune; sandy hill
沙 in a sentence
週末我們去海邊玩沙，孩子們都很開心。
Zhōumò wǒmen qù hǎibiān wán shā, háizimen dōu hěn kāixīn.
“We went to the beach to play in the sand this weekend, and the kids were very happy.”
How common is 沙?
沙 is the 846th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 86.3% of all running text.
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