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Chinese symbol for “czar”

沙皇
shā huáng
czar (loanword)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for czar is 沙皇 (shā huáng), defined as: czar (loanword).

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Characters and stroke order

沙 shā
sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
radical 85 ⽔ · 7 strokes
皇 huáng
royal, imperial; ruler, superior
radical 106 ⽩ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 沙皇.

WordPinyinMeaning
沙漠shā mòdesert; 个 (gè)
金沙jīn shāgold dust; salted egg yolk sauce
沙发 (沙發)shā fā(loanword) sofa (条 (tiáo),张 (zhāng)); (Internet slang) first reply to a forum post
沙滩 (沙灘)shā tānbeach; sandy shore
沙龙 (沙龍)shā lóngsalon (loanword)
皇帝huáng dìemperor; 个 (gè)
皇家huáng jiāroyal; imperial household
皇后huáng hòuempress; imperial consort

See also: Japanese symbol for “czar”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.