砂
shā HSK7

sand

砂 shā
sand noun
sand; gravel; grit; small rock fragments
sand-like particles noun
anything that looks like sand or consists of small particles, such as granulated sugar or iron filings; often used interchangeably with 沙 shā
clay
(bound form) sandy clay used for making pottery, such as pots and pans
Tsar
(abbreviation) the Tsar or Tsarist Russia; more commonly written as 沙 shā
cinnabar
cinnabar; vermilion; short for 朱砂 zhū​shā
hoarse
(of a voice) hoarse; raspy; husky

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Frequency
Character
Written text
2,713th most common 14.6 per million
Movie subtitles
3,092nd most common 3.01 per million appears in 2% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1.46 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
19.7 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+7802

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