Entry
  1. Noun

    yellow sand; yellow dust; Asian dust; dust carried on high winds from Mongolia, northern China, and Kazakhstan

    花粉よりも小さな黄砂をマスクでどれだけ防ぐことが出来るのか?花粉よりもずっと厄介者のように思います。
    Just how well can masks block the, even smaller than pollen, yellow sand dust? I think it much more of a nuisance than pollen.
  2. loess

    see 黄土

  3. desert

    see 砂漠

Also written 黄沙【こうさ】

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Characters in this word

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yellow

Kun
こ-
On
コウオウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1240 of 2500
Radical
yellow
WaniKani
Level 7

Built from

Used in names as

ういれい

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-4-7, 2-3-8, 2-9-2SKIP code
3k8.16The Kanji Dictionary
4480.6Four corner code
1961deroo
9ec4Unicode hex code
1-18-11JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5399Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
7045New Nelson (John Haig)
2468New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3116Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1596Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2177Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1750Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1887Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1063A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1499Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
469Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
47926PMorohashi
120A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
780Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
794Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
214sakade
1021Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
133henshall3
203Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
993Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1939Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1766Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
huang2Pinyin reading
hwangKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
7WaniKani level
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sand

Kun
すな
On
シャ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1146 of 2500
Radical
stone
WaniKani
Level 33

Built from

Used in names as

いさ

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-5-4SKIP code
5a4.3The Kanji Dictionary
1962.0Four corner code
3360deroo
7802Unicode hex code
1-26-29JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3181Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3992New Nelson (John Haig)
1133New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1457Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
772Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1047Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
117Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
122Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1031A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
876Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1127Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
24046Morohashi
869A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1151Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1204Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
764Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
879henshall3
882Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1152Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1399Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
118Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
sha1Pinyin reading
saKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
33WaniKani level