In Mandarin Chinese, 沙 (Pinyin: shā 🔊) means “sand”.
沙 is composed of 氵, which is a radical form of 水 (shuǐ), and the character we’ve just learned, 少 (shǎo). Uncle Hanzi says that 沙 means “sand, as found in a creek” (could have been on the beach as well), hence the semantic link with water, while the connection with 少 is phonetic.
Speaking of the beach: all three pictures in this post are made from the material collected on the beaches of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
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