沙 – sand

7 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1897 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 沙 means sand. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is サ、シャ (sa, sha); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is すな、よなげる (suna, yonageru). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 水 (no. 85).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	サ	sa
On’yomi	シャ	sha
Kun’yomi	すな	suna
Kun’yomi	よなげる	yonageru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 水 (Kangxi radical 85). Components: ノ・汁・小.

Words using 沙

御無沙汰ごぶさたnot writing or contacting for a while無沙汰ぶさたnot writing or contacting for a while

Example sentences

２年間のご無沙汰でした。

Two years have passed since I last met you.

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Kanji with the same radical

決法治派済活海求水減演流沢消準渡

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.