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沙

sand
Stroke count: 7

Readings

On readingサ、シャ
Kun readingすな、よなげる
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. sand
    彼は若い時、とやかく取り沙汰された。When he was young, he was the talk of town.tatoeba
    彼の行為はまさしく狂気の沙汰だった。His conduct was nothing short of madness.tatoeba
  2. grains of sandRtK
  1. grit
  2. fine gravel

Popular Usage

御無沙汰

Radicals and components

Radical水water氵variant氺variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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water (水) · water droplets (氵) · water pistol (氵) · few

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 151

Compound words

ご無沙汰ごぶさた
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
黄沙こうさ
yellow sand
沙丘さきゅう
sand dune
沙汰さた
affair
沙漠さばく
desert
沙門しゃもん
shramana (wandering monk)
音沙汰おとさた
news (from someone)
恒河沙ごうがしゃ
10^52 (or 10^56)
ご不沙汰ごぶさた
not writing or contacting for a while
玉敷沙蚕たましきごかい
Arenicola brasiliensis (species of lugworm)
御不沙汰ごぶさた
not writing or contacting for a while
裁判沙汰さいばんざた
matter for the court
取り沙汰とりざた
talk (of the town)
毘沙門天びしゃもんてん
Vaisravana (guardian god of Buddhism)
暴力沙汰ぼうりょくざた
(committing, resorting to) an act of violence
曼珠沙華まんじゅしゃげ
red spider lily (Lycoris radiata)
サハラ沙漠サハラさばく
Sahara Desert
烏滸の沙汰おこのさた
stupidity
烏芻沙摩明王うすさまみょうおう
Ucchusma
烏蒭沙摩明王うすさまみょうおう
Ucchusma

Additional Examples

彼からは殴り書きの手紙が一通届いただけで、その後音沙汰が無い。
I got a scribbled note from him, but haven't heard from him since.tatoeba
彼がしたことは狂気の沙汰としか言いようがなかった。
What he did was nothing less than madness.tatoeba

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 沙

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