Chinese symbol for “sandstone”
砂石
shā shí
sandstone; sand and stone; aggregate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sandstone is 砂石 (shā shí), defined as: sandstone; sand and stone; aggregate.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “sandstone”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 砂石.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 砂岩 | shā yán | sandstone |
| 朱砂 | zhū shā | cinnabar; mercuric sulfide HgS |
| 砂糖 | shā táng | granulated sugar |
| 砂锅 (砂鍋) | shā guō | casserole; earthenware pot |
| 石油 | shí yóu | oil; petroleum |
| 石头 (石頭) | shí tou | stone; 块 (kuài) |
| 钻石 (鑽石) | zuàn shí | diamond; 颗 (kē) |
| 岩石 | yán shí | (geology) rock |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sandstone”.
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.