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
沙漠
shāmò
desert
Characters in this word
漠 mò
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 莫 cannot
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 沙漠很热。 Shāmò hěn rè. The desert is very hot.
- 我想看沙漠。 Wǒ xiǎng kàn shāmò. I want to see the desert.
- 沙漠没有水。 Shāmò méiyǒu shuǐ. There is no water in the desert.