沙
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granule; hoarse; raspy; sand; powder; CL:粒[li4]; abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
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Dict coverage rank #235 U+6C99
How 沙 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
氵 (semantic, “water”) + 少 (phonetic, shǎo)
How to remember it
sand · Heisig RSH #146
水 water + 少 few
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 少
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 少 (shǎo) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 少 sound component | shǎo | few, little; less; inadequate |
| 省 | shěng | province; frugal; to save, to leave out |
| 妙 | miào | mysterious, subtle; clever, exquisite, wonderful |
| 炒 | chǎo | to boil, to fry, to roast, to sauté; to trade stock |
| 抄 | chāo | copy, plagiarism; to confiscate, to seize |
| 纱 | shā | gauze, muslin, yarn |
| 秒 | miǎo | a second; a corn kernel; measure word for time |
| 钞 | chāo | bank note, paper money; to counterfeit |
| 吵 | chǎo | to argue, to dispute; to annoy, to disturb |
| 耖 | chào | harrow-like implement for pulverizing clods of soil; to level ground with such an implemen… |
Words containing 沙
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沙县区 | Shā xiàn Qū | Shaxian, a district of Sanming City 三明市[San1 ming2 Shi4], Fujian |
| 沙市区 | Shā shì Qū | Shashi, a district of Jingzhou City 荊州市|荆州市[Jing1 zhou1 Shi4], Hubei |
| 白沙县 | Bái shā Xiàn | see 白沙黎族自治縣|白沙黎族自治县[Bai2 sha1 Li2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4] |
| 金沙县 | Jīn shā Xiàn | Jinsha, a county in Bijie City 畢節市|毕节市[Bi4 jie2 Shi4], Guizhou |
| 西沙区 | Xī shā Qū | Xisha, a district of Sansha City 三沙市[San1 sha1 Shi4], Hainan |
| 长沙县 | Cháng shā Xiàn | Changsha, a county in Changsha City 長沙市|长沙市[Chang2 sha1 Shi4], Hunan |
| 长沙市 | Cháng shā Shì | Changsha, prefecture-level city and capital of Hunan Province 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] |
| 三沙市 | Sān shā Shì | Sansha, prefecture-level city in Hainan Province 海南省[Hai3 nan2 Sheng3] |
| 沙河口区 | Shā hé kǒu Qū | Shahekou, a district of Dalian City 大連市|大连市[Da4 lian2 Shi4], Liaoning |
| 南沙区 | Nán shā Qū | Nansha, a district of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong; Nansha, a dist… |
| 沙文主义 | shā wén zhǔ yì | chauvinism |
| 单人沙发 | dān rén shā fā | (upholstered) armchair |
| 沙子 | shā zi | sand; grit; CL:粒[li4],把[ba3] |
| 沙县 | Shā xiàn | see 沙縣區|沙县区[Sha1 xian4 Qu1] |
| 大沙河 | Dà shā Hé | Dasha River (the name of rivers in various parts of China) |
| 沙国 | Shā guó | Saudi Arabia (Tw), abbr. for 沙烏地阿拉伯王國|沙乌地阿拉伯王国 |
| 沙市 | Shā shì | see 沙市區|沙市区[Sha1 shi4 Qu1] |
| 沙河市 | Shā hé Shì | Shahe, a county-level city in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市[Xing2 tai2 Shi4], Hebei |
| 龙沙区 | Lóng shā Qū | Longsha, a district of Qiqihar City 齊齊哈爾市|齐齐哈尔市[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3 Shi4], Heilongjiang |
| 沙地 | shā dì | sandy beach or river bank; sand dune; sandy land |