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沙 — 7 strokes ／ Radical「氵」

道
2High school graduate / general ／ 7 strokes ／ Radical「氵」
On
サ・シャさ・しゃ · sa · sha
Kun
すな・よなげるsuna · yonageru
Meaning
sand

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Water plus smallness: the fine grains washed by water — sand.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onサさsa沙汰さた

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 沙汰さた

    news; word; an affair

  • 沙漠さばく

    desert

More words with this kanji

  • 毘沙門びしゃもん
  • 曼珠沙華まんじゅしゃげ
  • 沙磧させき

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

あれから何(なん)の音(おと)沙汰(さた)もない。

There has been no word at all since then.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

沙汰沙漠沙汰wash…漠vague氾overfl…汎wide-r…沃fertil…淫excess…湧gush挫crush叉fork左left乍while写copy
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 氵Map of reading サAll maps

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