砂
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sand; gravel; granule; variant of 沙[sha1]
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How 砂 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Many small 少 stones 石; 少 also provides the pronunciation
How to remember it
gravel · Heisig RSH #126
少 few + 石 stone
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 砂
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打破砂锅问到底 | dǎ pò shā guō wèn dào dǐ | to go to the bottom of things (idiom) |
| 白砂糖 | bái shā táng | white granulated sugar |
| 粉砂石 | fěn shā shí | siltstone |
| 砂子 | shā zi | sand |
| 海砂 | hǎi shā | variant of 海沙[hai3 sha1] |
| 砂石 | shā shí | sandstone; sand and stone; aggregate |
| 磨砂机 | mó shā jī | sander; sanding machine |
| 砂拉越 | Shā lā yuè | see 沙撈越|沙捞越[Sha1 lao1 yue4] |
| 河砂 | hé shā | variant of 河沙[he2 sha1] |
| 油砂 | yóu shā | oil sand (mining) |
| 磨石粗砂岩 | mó shí cū shā yán | millstone grit |
| 粉砂岩 | fěn shā yán | siltstone |
| 铁砂 | tiě shā | shot (in shotgun); pellets |
| 采砂场 | cǎi shā chǎng | sandpit; sand quarry |
| 海砂屋 | hǎi shā wū | house built with cheap, unreliable concrete which contains a high quantity of sea sand |
| 金刚砂 | jīn gāng shā | carborundum; emery |
| 砂轮 | shā lún | grinding wheel; emery wheel |
| 粉砂 | fěn shā | silt |
| 砂糖 | shā táng | granulated sugar |
| 砂纸 | shā zhǐ | sandpaper (i.e. abrasive) |