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  1. 沙 is the 846th most frequent character.
  2. has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. appears as a character in 104 words.
  4. appears as a component in 12 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (water), (small), 丿 (bend)
Graphical :
=> , , , , 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Sha1 - surname Sha
  2. sha1 - granule/hoarse/raspy/sand/powder/CL:粒[li4]/abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 沙 (sha1): The component 少 is pronounced as 'shao3'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 沙 (sha1): The component 少 is pronounced as 'shao4'. It has the same pinyin initial.
  3. Pronunciation clue for 沙 (sha1): The component 氵 is pronounced as 'shui3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 
沙场 (沙場)
沙拉 
沙漠 
沙滩 (沙灘)
沙发 (沙發)
长沙 (長沙)

Medium Frequency

冰沙 
南沙 
尖沙咀 
川沙 
沙丁鱼 (沙丁魚)
沙丘 
沙僧 
沙哑 (沙啞)
沙坪坝 (沙坪壩)
沙尘暴 (沙塵暴)
沙子 
沙巴 
沙市 
沙律 
沙沙 
沙河 
沙洲 
沙漏 
沙湾 (沙灣)
沙特 
沙特阿拉伯 
沙田 
沙画 (沙畫)
沙皇 
沙石 
沙砾 (沙礫)
沙粒 
沙县 (沙縣)
沙锅 (沙鍋)
沙头角 (沙頭角)
沙龙 (沙龍)
泥沙 
白沙 
细沙 (細沙)
豆沙 
豆沙包 
金沙 
金沙江 
长沙市 (長沙市)
风沙 (風沙)

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Meta:

  1. 坪 is the 2710th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 13 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (earth), (dry), (eight/divide)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ping2 - a plain

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 坪 (ping2): The component 平 is pronounced as 'ping2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

草坪 

Medium Frequency

停机坪 (停機坪)
南坪 
 
沙坪坝 (沙坪壩)

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Meta:

  1. 壩 is the 2780th most frequent character.
  2. has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. appears as a character in 12 words.
  4. appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
=> ,
Radical :
=> (earth), (rain), (leather), (moon)
Graphical :
=> , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. ba4 - dam/dike/embankment/CL:條|条[tiao2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 壩 (ba4): The component 霸 is pronounced as 'ba4'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

 ()
大坝 (大壩)
沙坪坝 (沙坪壩)

Medium Frequency

堤坝 (堤壩)
平坝 (平壩)
水坝 (水壩)
沙坝 (沙壩)
溃坝 (潰壩)
葛洲坝 (葛洲壩)
阿坝 (阿壩)
阿坝州 (阿壩州)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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