Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
stone
Parts:
sand
Kun:
すな
On:
シャ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1146 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 砂漠 【サバク】 desert
  • 砂糖 【サトウ】 sugar
  • 土砂 【ドシャ】 sediment, earth and sand
  • 流砂 【リュウサ】 quicksand
  • 砂岩 【サガン】 sandstone
  • 砂丘 【サキュウ】 sand dune, sand hill
  • 土砂 【ドシャ】 sediment, earth and sand
  • 流砂 【リュウサ】 quicksand

Kun reading compounds

  • 砂 【すな】 sand, grit
  • 砂浜 【すなはま】 sandy beach
  • 鳴き砂 【なきすな】 singing sand (which produces sound when stepped on), whistling sand, squeaking sand, barking sand
  • 猫砂 【ねこすな】 cat litter, kitty litter

Readings

Japanese names:
いさ、 ご
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sha1
Korean:
sa

Spanish

  • arena
  • gravilla

Portuguese

  • Areia

French

  • sable
879 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
869 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1031 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3181 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1127 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
764 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
876 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1151 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1204 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1152 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1399 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1457 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
772 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1047 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
118 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24046 Morohashi
1133 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3992 New Nelson (John Haig)
117 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
122 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
882 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3360 2001 Kanji
5a4.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-4 SKIP code
1962.0 Four corner code
1-26-29 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7802 Unicode hex code

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 乳嘴 【ニュウシ】 (mammary) nipple, teat
  • 砂嘴 【サシ】 spit, sandspit

Kun reading compounds

  • 嘴 【くちばし】 beak, bill
  • くちばしが黄色い 【くちばしがきいろい】 fledgling, young and inexperienced, green, wet behind the ears
  • 嘴 【くちばし】 beak, bill
  • 嘴黒阿比 【はしぐろあび】 common loon (Gavia immer), great northern diver, great northern loon
  • 大嘴 【おおはし】 toucan
  • いすかの嘴 【いすかのはし】 (something) not coming together (as one had hoped or expected), unfortunate turn of events, unexpected turn, (a) crossbill's beak (which has differently shaped upper and lower parts)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zui3
Korean:
chwi

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1000 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4256X Morohashi
905 New Nelson (John Haig)
3d13.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-13 SKIP code
6202.7 Four corner code
1-51-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5634 Unicode hex code