砂 means “sand”

すな · suna

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

すな

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

サ, シャ

Taught in grade 6 · 9 strokes

The story

Beach sand glitters like scattered stars in zen gardens raked with careful intention.

Used in both gardens and poetic imagery

Its parts

• 石 Stone · Left side
• 少 Few/little · Right side

Little (少) pieces of stone (石): sand

Kanji that look like 砂

• 沙 (sand (alt.)): 砂 has 石 (stone) + 少, 沙 has 氵 (water) + 少: dry sand vs wet sand

More from Nature's Poetry

• 滴 raindrop
• 霜 frost
• 露 dew
• 氷 ice
• 流 stream
• 沼 marsh
• 泉 spring
• 岸 shore
• 崖 cliff
• 庭 garden
• 枝 branch
• 根 root

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.