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: サ シャ
Composition: 氵 少
Radical: 水
Meaning: water
沙 (シャ) one hundred-millionth
砂漠 (サバク) desert
秋沙 (アイサ) merganser (any duck of genus Mergus)
海秋沙 (ウミアイサ) red-breasted merganser
砂丘 (サキュウ) sand dune, sand hill
泥砂 (デイサ) mud and sand
恒河沙 (ゴウガシャ) 10^52 (or 10^56), innumerable
砂 (すな) sand, grit
砂子 (すなご) gold dust, silver dust, sand, grit
白砂 (はくしゃ) white sand