沙 — kanji meaning “sand”
沙
sand
- Meanings
- sand
- On'yomi
- サ (sa)、シャ (sha)
- Kun'yomi
- すな、よなげる
- Strokes
- 7
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1897 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 85
- Chinese reading
- shā, shà — Chinese character page
Words with 沙
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 音沙汰 | おとさた otosata | news (from someone); word; letter |
| 沙羅 | しゃら shara | sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul |
| 表沙汰 | おもてざた omotezata | going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge |
| 毘沙門天 | びしゃもんてん bishamonten | Vaisravana (guardian god of Buddhism) |
| 沙弥 | しゃみ shami | male Buddhist novice |
| 曼珠沙華 | まんじゅしゃげ manjushage | red spider lily (Lycoris radiata); cluster amaryllis; cluster belladonna |
| 沙門 | しゃもん shamon | shramana (wandering monk) |
| 沙汰止み | さたやみ satayami | cancellation; abandonment |
| 沙羅双樹 | さらそうじゅ sarasouju | sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul |
| 御沙汰 | ごさた gosata | (imperial) words |
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