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沙 = 少 + 水
沙 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “grains of sand”. It is built from 少 (few) and 水 (water). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 151. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.
- Keyword
- grains of sand
- RTK frame
- 151
- Strokes
- 7
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- サ, シャ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- すな, よなげる
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- sand, песчинки песка
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 沙 sand
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
Characters that contain 沙
How to find 沙 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “few” + “water”. 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.