沙

shā

Radical: 氵 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

沙 decomposes into the following components:

氵 少

Semantic component: 氵; phonetic component: 少.

Words containing 沙

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 沙.

三沙
sān shā
丹沙
dān shā
cinnabar (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
云沙
yún shā
muscovite, mica (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
冰沙
bīng shā
slushie
加沙
jiā shā
Gaza
华沙
huá shā
Warsaw, capital of Poland
南沙
nán shā
Nansha Islands
叻沙
lè shā
喇沙
lǎ shā
川沙
chuān shā
Chuansha, name of street and park in Pudong New District 浦東新區|浦东新区[Pu3 dong1 xin1 qu1], Shanghai
抟沙
tuán shā
lacking in cohesion and unity of purpose
散沙
sǎn shā
scattered sand

Related characters (radical 氵)

Characters that share the radical 氵.

㳄 氵 氾 氿 汀 汁 汇 汉 汊 汐 汒 汔 汕 汗 汛 汜 汝 江 池 污 汤 汧 汨 汩

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