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Readings

Kana: サ、シャ、すな、よなげる
Romaji: sa, sha, suna, yonageru
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

sand

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  85
Frequency:  1897
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-4
Korean Reading:  sa
Chinese Reading:  sha4
Unicode:  6c99
JIS:  3A3B

Indexes

Halpern Index: 266
Nelson Index: 2504
New Nelson Index: 3063
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3a4.13
Four Corner Index: 3912.0
Japanese Names Index: 392
Daikanwanjiten Index: 17212
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0992
Remembering the kanji Index: 2296
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 199
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 236
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 151
Kodansha Kanji Index: 311

Words

(すな、すなご、いさご)
sand; grit; gold dust; silver dust
沙汰 (さた)
affair; state; incident; issue; matter; verdict; sentence; directions; orders; command; instructions; notice; information; communication; news; message; tidings; update
毘沙門天 (びしゃもんてん)
Vaisravana (guardian god of Buddhism)
取り沙汰 (とりざた)
current rumour; current rumor; gossip; (idle) talk
砂漠 (さばく)
desert
(しゃ、さ)
one hundred-millionth
沙羅 (しゃら、さら)
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
沙弥 (しゃみ、さみ)
male Buddhist novice
沙門 (しゃもん、さもん)
shramana (wandering monk)
表沙汰 (おもてざた)
going public; creating publicity; recourse to litigation
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