Kanji
N2 9 strokes Grade 6 freq #1146

sand

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

stone ishi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

desert
sugar
sediment; earth and sand
gravel; ballast
erosion control
sand dune; sand hill
sand; fine sand
(built) on sand
(unrefined) brown sugar; muscovado
sandstone

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

sand; grit
sandy beach
gold dust; silver dust
downpour; pouring rain
sandy soil; sandy place
sandpit; sandbox
sand hill; dune
cloud of sand (dust, etc.)
Sahara Desert
hourglass; sandglass

Example sentences

We cannot walk on the hot sand with bare feet.

He scooped up sand by the handful.

China's desert supports more people than are in Japan.

Desert ecology is a new field of study.