shā

sand; hoarse; raspy

HSK 4 #848

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 848th character
Radical ⽔ (85.4)
Strokes 7
Index # 860

Definitions

沙 shā
  1. 1. sand
  2. 2. hoarse
  3. 3. raspy
  4. 4. powder
  5. 5. granule
  6. 6. surname Sha
  7. 7. abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia
  8. 8. CL

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Words containing 沙

Word Meaning
to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)
Tsim Sha Tsui, urbanized area in Hong Kong
palytoxin
(bird species of China) sand martin (Riparia riparia)
Chuansha, area in Pudong, Shanghai
(bird species of China) desert finch (Rhodospiza obsoleta)
Kumutage (or Kumtag) Desert, northwestern China
Kumutage (or Kumtag) Desert, northwestern China
Liao Mosha, Chinese Communist writer
countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
Estonia
beanbag
beanbag
to die in battle (idiom)
to die in battle (idiom)
(bird species of China) common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
(bird species of China) common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Absalom, third son of David, king of Israel (Old Testament)
Absalom, third son of David, king of Israel (Old Testament)
Lassa virus
lacking in cohesion and unity of purpose
lacking in cohesion and unity of purpose
Sahara Desert
fig. lacking in cohesion or organization; scattered sand