| 沙 | shā tǔ | sandy soil | 
| 沙 | Shā | surname Sha | 
| 沙 | shā | granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL:粒 / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia | 
| 沙 | shà | (dialect) to sift; to sieve | 
| 土 | Tǔ | Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu | 
| 土 | tǔ | earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 |