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

13 strokes
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
vague, obscure, desert, wide
On:
バク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1611 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 漠 【バク】 vague, obscure, vast, boundless
  • 漠然 【バクゼン】 vague, obscure, indistinct, hazy, ambiguous
  • 冥漠 【メイバク】 dim and distant
  • 空漠 【クウバク】 vast, boundless, vague

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mo4
Korean:
mag

Spanish

  • vago
  • incierto
  • vacío
  • desierto

Portuguese

  • vago
  • obscurecer
  • deserto
  • vasto

French

  • vague
  • obscur
  • désert
  • vaste
1700 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1789 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2649 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1496 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1853 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1427 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1516 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1159 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1236 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
804 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
469 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
598 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
235 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18149X Morohashi
655 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3268 New Nelson (John Haig)
230 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
245 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1641 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
363 2001 Kanji
3a10.18 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
3413.4 Four corner code
1-39-89 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6f20 Unicode hex code