• 846th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 192 words
  • Component in 12 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

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

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shā (sha1)The component is pronounced as 'shǎo' (shao3). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for shā (sha1)The component is pronounced as 'shào' (shao4). It has the same pinyin initial.
3. Pronunciation clue for shā (sha1)The component is pronounced as 'shuǐ' (shui3). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

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

Uncommon

冰沙 
南沙 
南沙区 (南沙區)
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)
沙袋 
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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  • 881st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 105 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. huà (hua4)to draw • picture • painting • CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

动画 (動畫)
漫画 (漫畫)
画报 (畫報)
画面 (畫面)
绘画 (繪畫)

Uncommon

作画 (作畫)
刻画 (刻畫)
动画片 (動畫片)
国画 (國畫)
图画 (圖畫)
壁画 (壁畫)
如画 (如畫)
指手画脚 (指手畫腳)
插画 (插畫)
书画 (書畫)
沙画 (沙畫)
油画 (油畫)
漫画家 (漫畫家)
画像 (畫像)
画册 (畫冊)
画卷 (畫卷)
画图 (畫圖)
画室 (畫室)
画家 (畫家)
画展 (畫展)
画廊 (畫廊)
画皮 (畫皮)
画笔 (畫筆)
笔画 (筆畫)
诗情画意 (詩情畫意)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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