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

16 strokes
Radical:
rice
Parts:
广
sugar
On:
トウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1471 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 糖 【トウ】 sugar
  • 糖尿病 【トウニョウビョウ】 diabetes, diabetes mellitus
  • 黒砂糖 【クロザトウ】 (unrefined) brown sugar, muscovado
  • 製糖 【セイトウ】 sugar manufacture

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
tang2
Korean:
dang, tang

Spanish

  • azúcar
  • edulcorante

Portuguese

  • açúcar

French

  • sucre
958 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
947 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1125 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3485 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1128 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1615 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1698 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1814 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1283 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1501 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1777 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
948 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1281 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1166 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27070X Morohashi
1403 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4420 New Nelson (John Haig)
1158 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1242 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
996 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1077 2001 Kanji
6b10.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-10 SKIP code
9096.7 Four corner code
1-37-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7cd6 Unicode hex code

Speed

Stroke order

Kun reading compounds

  • 黍 【きび】 (common) millet (Panicum miliaceum), proso millet
  • きび砂糖 【きびざとう】 light brown sugar
  • 唐黍 【とうきび】 Indian millet
  • 砂糖黍 【さとうきび】 sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu3
Korean:
seo

Spanish

Portuguese

French

5400 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3210 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
47991 Morohashi
2597 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7048 New Nelson (John Haig)
2605 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2651 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
5d7.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-7 SKIP code
2-1-11 SKIP code
2-7-5 SKIP code
2013.2 Four corner code
1-21-48 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9ecd Unicode hex code