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Kanji for Sand
The kanji for “sand” is 沙, read sa and written in 7 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
sand
Fine sand on a beach.
7 strokes On reading サ、シャ (sa, sha) Kun reading すな、よなげる (suna, yonageru) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: sand
Readings used for names on Nazuke: sa, sha
In Japan it appears in about 1,733 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 沙: Shannon 沙暖 · Sha 沙 · Shan 沙 · Lucia 瑠沙 · Sasha 冴沙 · Tasha 楽沙 · Natasha 南楽沙 · Aisha 明生沙 · Alisha 安理沙 · Sharyl 沙楽瑠 · Shiela 沙生楽 · Latasha 良太沙 and 2 more
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