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砂 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「石」

道
5Elementary year 6 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「石」
On
サさ · sa
Kun
すなsuna
Meaning
sand

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

石 "stone" plus 少 "small"; stone broken down fine — hence "sand."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onサさsa砂丘さきゅう砂糖さとう
Onシャしゃsha土砂どしゃ
Kunすなsuna砂すな砂場すなば

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 砂糖さとう

    sugar

  • 砂場すなば

    sandpit

More words with this kanji

  • 砂浜すなはま
  • 砂丘さきゅう
  • 砂漠さばく
  • 砂嵐すなあらし
  • 辰砂しんしゃ
  • 黄砂こうさ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

紅茶(こうちゃ)に砂糖(さとう)を入(い)れた。

I put sugar in the tea.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

砂場砂糖砂場place糖sugar磁magnet石stone矻to toi…矼a step…砌the st…叉fork左left乍while扨well…扠well…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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