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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
shā - sand
- gravel
- granule
- variant of 沙[sha1]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 17,217 5,433 4,968

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Many small 少 stones 石; 少 also provides the pronunciation

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 17,217 5,433 4,968
砂锅 - - 23,290 - -
砂糖 - 9 33,173 30,403 13,723
砂纸 - - 34,344 64,544 47,437
砂石 - - 37,089 30,560 56,034
砂砾 - - 37,104 - -
砂岩 - - 40,741 29,883 51,570
磨砂玻璃 - - 43,486 - -
砂子 - - 62,696 55,650 61,458
朱砂 - - 72,723 36,718 24,844
硼砂 - - 77,402 59,797 58,937
砂浆 - - 80,926 36,222 57,581
铁砂 - - 83,431 64,075 57,224
白砂糖 - - 86,503 37,485 18,210