Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1897 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 7

Meaning: sand

Kunyomi: すな よなげる

Onyomi: シャ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: water

Examples

Onyomi Examples

シャ one hundred-millionth

砂漠 サバク desert

アイサ merganser (any duck of genus Mergus)

海秋 ウミアイサ red-breasted merganser

シャ one hundred-millionth

砂丘 サキュウ sand dune, sand hill

泥砂 デイサ mud and sand

恒河 ゴウガシャ 10^52 (or 10^56), innumerable

Kunyomi Examples

すな sand, grit

砂子 すなご gold dust, silver dust, sand, grit

白砂 はくしゃ white sand