沙

Translingual

Han character

沙 (radical 85 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水火竹 (EFH), four-corner 3912₀, composition ⿰氵少)

1. sand, gravel, pebbles
2. granulated
3. the number 10^-8

References

• KangXi: page 611, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17212
• Dae Jaweon: page 1005, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1562, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6C99

See also

• Chinese Numeral 沙
  • Next: 塵
  • Last: 纖
• 砂

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Cantonese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /saː˥/

Hanzi

沙 (Yale sa1)

1. sand

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Japanese

Kanji

沙

Readings

• On: さ (sa), しゃ (sha)
• Kun: すな (suna), よなげる (yonageru)

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Korean

Hanja

沙 (hangeul 사, revised sa, McCune-Reischauer sa, Yale sa)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

沙 (pinyin shā (sha1), Wade-Giles sha¹)

Compounds

• 豆沙
• 喇沙
• 叻沙
• 沙漠
• 沙发

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Min Nan

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ sa˥˥ ]
• IPA: [ se˥˥ ]
• IPA: [ sua˥˥ ]

Noun

沙 (traditional and simplified, POJ soa)

1. sand

Prefix

沙 (traditional and simplified, POJ sa)

1. sand

Suffix

沙 (traditional and simplified, POJ se)

1. sand

Derived terms

• trad. 沙文主義, simpl. 沙文主义 (Sa-bûn-chú-gī)
• 土沙 (thô·-soa)
• 豆沙 (tāu-se)

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Vietnamese

Han character

沙 (sa, sá)

Readings

• Nôm: xa, sa, sá, sà

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville