沙 shā
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 少 few, little
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
沙子
shāzi
sand
Characters in this word
子 zi
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 子 — son, child
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 沙子很热。 Shāzi hěn rè. The sand is very hot.
- 别吃沙子。 Bié chī shāzi. Do not eat sand.
- 沙子进鞋了。 Shāzi jìn xié le. Sand got into the shoes.