沙
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granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; CL:粒[li4]; abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 水 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 沙
- Common rank
- #235
- Unicode
- U+6C99
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
sand · Heisig RSH #146
水 water + 少 few
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 沙
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沙县区 | Shaxian, a district of Sanming City 三明市[San1 ming2 Shi4], Fujian | |
| 沙市区 | Shashi, a district of Jingzhou City 荊州市|荆州市[Jing1 zhou1 Shi4], Hubei | |
| 白沙县 | see 白沙黎族自治縣|白沙黎族自治县[Bai2 sha1 Li2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] | |
| 金沙县 | Jinsha, a county in Bijie City 畢節市|毕节市[Bi4 jie2 Shi4], Guizhou | |
| 西沙区 | Xisha, a district of Sansha City 三沙市[San1 sha1 Shi4], Hainan | |
| 长沙县 | Changsha, a county in Changsha City 長沙市|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 Shi4], Hunan | |
| 长沙市 | Changsha, prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan Province 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] | |
| 三沙市 | Sansha, prefecture-level city in Hainan Province 海南省[Hai3 nan2 Sheng3] | |
| 沙河口区 | Shahekou, a district of Dalian City 大連市|大连市[Da4 lian2 Shi4], Liaoning | |
| 南沙区 | Nansha, a district of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong; Nansha, a dist… | |
| 沙文主义 | chauvinism | |
| 单人沙发 | (upholstered) armchair | |
| 沙子 | sand; grit; CL:粒[li4],把[ba3] | |
| 沙县 | see 沙縣區|沙县区[Sha1 xian4 Qu1] | |
| 大沙河 | Dasha River (the name of rivers in various parts of China) | |
| 沙国 | Saudi Arabia (Tw), abbr. for 沙烏地阿拉伯王國|沙乌地阿拉伯王国 | |
| 沙市 | see 沙市區|沙市区[Sha1 shi4 Qu1] | |
| 沙河市 | Shahe, a county-level city in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市[Xing2 tai2 Shi4], Hebei | |
| 龙沙区 | Longsha, a district of Qiqihar City 齊齊哈爾市|齐齐哈尔市[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3 Shi4], Heilongjiang | |
| 沙地 | sandy beach or river bank; sand dune; sandy land |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 少 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 少 sound part | few, little; less; inadequate | |
| 省 | province; frugal; to save, to leave out | |
| 妙 | mysterious, subtle; clever, exquisite, wonderful | |
| 炒 | to boil, to fry, to roast, to sauté; to trade stock | |
| 抄 | copy, plagiarism; to confiscate, to seize | |
| 纱 | gauze, muslin, yarn | |
| 秒 | a second; a corn kernel; measure word for time | |
| 钞 | bank note, paper money; to counterfeit | |
| 吵 | to argue, to dispute; to annoy, to disturb | |
| 耖 | harrow-like implement for pulverizing clods of soil; to level ground with such an implemen… |