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Keyword
sand
Frequency
#1146
Strokes
9
Grade
6
JLPT (old)
N2
Heisig
122
Readings
サ50%
すな30%
シャ20%
Mnemonic
A stone is ground down by waves until only a few grains remain, which you pour through your fingers: warm sand.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
砂すな
sand; grit; fine gravel
Noun
砂さ漠ばく
desert
Noun
土ど砂しゃ
sediment; earth and sand
Noun
砂すな浜はま
sandy beach
Noun
砂利じゃり
gravel; ballast; pebbles
Noun
砂さ防ぼう
erosion control
Noun
サハラ砂さ漠ばく
Sahara Desert
Noun
砂すな時計どけい
hourglass; sandglass
Noun
高砂たかさご
double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma); Taiwan (nickname); Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami)
Noun
砂さ丘きゅう
sand dune; sand hill
Noun
砂すな子ご
gold dust; silver dust
Noun
土ど砂しゃ降ぶり
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
Noun
砂すな嵐あらし
sandstorm; noise (video); snow
Noun
砂すな地じ
sandy soil; sandy place
Noun
真砂まさご
sand; fine sand; capelin roe (used as a sushi topping)
Noun
砂すな場ば
sandpit; sandbox
Noun
砂さ上じょう
(built) on sand
Noun
黄こう砂さ
yellow sand; yellow dust; Asian dust; dust carried on high winds from Mongolia, northern China, and Kazakhstan; loess; desert
Noun
黒くろ砂ざ糖とう
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
Noun
砂さ岩がん
sandstone
Noun
砂さ州す
sandbar; sandbank; shoal
Noun
流りゅう砂さ
quicksand
Noun