Chinese Character 沙 Meanings and components.

Form

沙

Meaning

沙 meaning[3] in English

Surname Sha.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 沙 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and few (少)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with EFH

How to write 沙

To write沙sha1surname Sha you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 少shao3few arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 少 = 沙

沙 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 沙 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 沙, looks as follow:

沙
Pinyin:sha1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Sha
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
少
Pinyin:shao3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Few . Less . To Lack . To Be Missing . To Stop (Doing Sth) . Seldom
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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