U+6C99 "沙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
沙
U+6C99 "沙" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "sand" or "granular material," often associated with deserts, beaches, or small particles. It is composed of the radical for water (氵) on the left, suggesting its connection to water environments where sand accumulates, and a phonetic component on the right. In a broader cultural context, "沙" appears in terms like "沙漠" (desert) and "沙滩" (beach), and it is also used in names and idioms across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages. Its fundamental significance lies in representing the fine, loose grains formed from the erosion of rocks, a concept that appears universally in geography and daily life.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+6C99 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 沙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 沙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0xB2 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x6C99 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00006C99 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u6c99 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A846 |
| kCCCII | 214677 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4A67 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4A67 |
| kCangjie | EFH |
| kCantonese | saa1 |
| kCihaiT | 772.202 |
| kCowles | 3778 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1005.030 |
| kDefinition | sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated |
| kEACC | 214677 |
| kFanqie | 所加 所嫁 |
| kFenn | 122C |
| kFennIndex | 432.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 3912.0 |
| kGB0 | 4119 |
| kGB1 | 4119 |
| kGradeLevel | 2 |
| kGSR | 0016a |
| kHangul | 사:0E |
| kHanYu | 31562.090 |
| kHanyuPinlu | shā(425) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 31562.090:shā,shà,suō |
| kHKGlyph | 2131 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1005.030 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 31562.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0611.210 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-4933 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A846 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3A3B |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E0E3 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5E5E |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4A67 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5B74 |
| kJapanese | サ シャ シ すな よなげる |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:860 |
| kJapaneseKun | SUNA YONAGERU |
| kJapaneseOn | SA SHA |
| kJis0 | 2627 |
| kKangXi | 0611.210 |
| kKorean | SA |
| kLau | 2585 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 3097 |
| kMandarin | shā |
| kMatthews | 5606 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2580 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ015151 |
| kMorohashi | 17212 |
| kNelson | 2504 |
| kPhonetic | 1096 1220 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2091+85.3.4 |
| kRSUnicode | 85.4 |
| kSBGY | 167.51 424.18 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 357.12 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | shā粵saa1 shà粵saa1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3097 |
| kTang | *shra |
| kTGHZ2013 | 322.080:shā 323.020:shà |
| kTotalStrokes | 7 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | nhểu sa sà xa xoà |
| kXerox | 245:270 |
| kXHC1983 | 0990.040:shā 0994.050:shà |