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沙 = 氵 + 少
沙 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “sand”. It is built from 氵 (water) and 少 (few). It appears as a component in 18 other characters in this index.
- Keyword
- sand
- Pinyin (Mandarin)
- shā
- Script
- Chinese hanzi
- Also known as
- sand, gravel, pebbles, галька, гравий, песок, gravel, pebbles
- Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
- 沙 grains of sand
Decomposition
ids
Characters that contain 沙
- 乷 乷
- 唦 唦
- 娑 dance
- 挱 to feel or fondle with the fingers
- 挲 to feel or fondle with the fingers
- 桫 horse chestnut
- 桬 pear and other trees
- 猀 猀
- 痧 cholera
- 硰 硰
- 莎 kind of sedge grass
- 裟 a cassock or robe of a monk
- 逤 逤
- 閯 閯
- 髿 髿
- 鯊 shark
- 鯋 shark
- 鲨 shark
How to find 沙 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “water” + “few”. 沙 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 沙 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.