砂漠
Chinese
    
| For pronunciation and definitions of 砂漠 – see 沙漠 (“desert”). (This term is a variant form of 沙漠). | 
Japanese
    
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 砂 | 漠 | 
| さ Grade: 6 | ばく Grade: S | 
| on’yomi | |
| Alternative spelling | 
|---|
| 沙漠 | 
Etymology
    
From Middle Chinese /*ʂamɑk̚/ > Japanese /*sabaku/.
References
    
- NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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