Sand in Chinese (Mandarin): 沙子 (shāzi)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 沙子

• 沙

  Sand. 氵 (water) on the left and 少 (little) on the right.

  7 strokes

• 子

  A small ending found in many nouns, said short and light.

  3 strokes

A sandy beach is 沙滩 (shātān), and a sandbox is 沙坑 (shākēng).

More examples with 沙子

• 我的鞋子里有沙子。

  我的鞋子裡有沙子。

  Wǒ de xiézi li yǒu shāzi.

  There's sand in my shoes.

• 沙子很软。

  沙子很軟。

  Shāzi hěn ruǎn.

  The sand is soft.

How to write 沙子 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.