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

12 strokes
Radical:
silk 糸 (糹)
Parts:
Variants:
picture, drawing, painting, sketch
On:
カイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
895 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 絵画 【カイガ】 painting, picture
  • 絵画館 【カイガカン】 art or picture gallery
  • 絵 【エ】 picture, drawing, painting, sketch, image (TV, film, etc.), picture, footage
  • 絵の具 【エノグ】 paint, coloring materials, colors, colours
  • 巴 【トモエ】 tomoe, heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures
  • 踏み絵 【フミエ】 fumi-e, fumie, tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample, allegiance test, loyalty test

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hui4
Korean:
hoe

Spanish

  • cuadro
  • dibujo
  • pintura

Portuguese

  • gravura
  • desenho
  • pintura
  • esboço

French

  • image
  • dessin
  • peinture
  • esquisse
172 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
95 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
89 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
976 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3537 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
380 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
819 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2332 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
345 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
345 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
617 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1530 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1704 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
910 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1233 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1358 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
27464P Morohashi
1346 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4488 New Nelson (John Haig)
1346 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1446 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
214 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2771 2001 Kanji
6a6.8 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-6 SKIP code
2893.1 Four corner code
1-19-08 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7d75 Unicode hex code