Japanese symbol for “changsha”

長沙

ちょうさ

Romaji: chousa

Changsha (China)

In Japanese, changsha is 長沙, read ちょうさ (chousa).

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Meanings

n Changsha (China)

Kanji and stroke order

長

long, leader, superior

on: チョウ
kun: なが.い、おさ

8 strokes · JLPT 4

沙

sand

on: サ、シャ
kun: すな、よなげる

7 strokes · JLPT 1

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
成長	せいちょう seichou	growth; development; growing up
社長	しゃちょう shachou	company president; manager; director
会長	かいちょう kaichou	president (of a society); chairman
長い	ながい nagai	long (distance, length)
身長	しんちょう shinchou	height (of a person); stature
市長	しちょう shichou	mayor
ご無沙汰	ごぶさた gobusata	not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
沙汰	さた sata	affair; state; incident

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.