沙
shāShāshà HSK3

sand

沙 shā frequency
sand noun
sand, gravel, or something granulated or powder-like

他在海滩上用沙堆了一座城堡。

tā zài hǎi​tān shàng yòng shā duī le yī zuò chéng​bǎo.

He built a sandcastle on the beach.

hoarse noun
(of a voice) hoarse, raspy, or husky

感冒以后，他的声音变沙了。

gǎn​mào yǐ​hòu, tā de shēng​yīn biàn shā le.

His voice became hoarse after he caught a cold.

Tsar noun
abbreviation for Tsar or Tsarist Russia

他正在图书馆借阅一本关于沙皇统治时期的书。

tā zhèng​zài tú​shū​guǎn jiè​yuè yī běn guān​yú shā huáng tǒng​zhì shí​qī de shū.

He is borrowing a book about the era of the Tsars from the library.

沙 Shā
Sha proper name
surname Sha

沙先生是我们的邻居。

Shā xiān​sheng shì wǒ​men de lín​jū.

Mr. Sha is our neighbor.

沙 shà
sift verb
(dialect) to sift; to sieve

把这些面粉沙一下。

bǎ zhè​xiē miàn​fěn shà yī​xià.

Sift the flour.

Cross-References

Classifier

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
848th most common 209.7 per million
Movie subtitles
926th most common 121.3 per million appears in 35% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
22.0 per million appears in 7% of films
Written text
44.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+6C99

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)