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

10 strokes
Radical:
turban, scarf
Parts:
广
seat, mat, occasion, place
Kun:
むしろ
On:
セキ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
370 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 席 【セキ】 seat, location (of a gathering, etc.), place, position, post
  • 席上 【セキジョウ】 at the meeting, on the occasion
  • 寄席 【ヨセ】 entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.), vaudeville theater (theatre), music hall
  • 次席 【ジセキ】 associate, junior, assistant, runner-up

Kun reading compounds

  • 筵 【むしろ】 woven mat (esp. one made of straw), seat
  • 竹席 【たかむしろ】 bamboo mat

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xi2
Korean:
seog

Spanish

  • asiento
  • plaza
  • posición

Portuguese

  • assento
  • esteira
  • ocasião
  • lugar

French

  • siège
  • natte
  • occasion
  • place
444 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
549 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
520 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
349 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1513 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
461 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
497 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1242 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
379 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
380 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
332 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
564 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3865 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1986 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2683 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1201 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8926 Morohashi
3113 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1561 New Nelson (John Haig)
1193 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1277 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
549 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
544 2001 Kanji
3q7.4 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-7 SKIP code
3-3-6 SKIP code
0022.7 Four corner code
1-32-42 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5e2d Unicode hex code