砂漠
さばく · sabaku · JLPT N3 · noun
desert
🏜️🐪 砂漠 = sand + vast emptiness: a vast expanse of sand
砂 (sa) means sand, with 石 stone and 少 few: stone broken into tiny bits. 漠 (baku) means vast or barren, with the water radical 氵 because it is a place without water. Sand plus vastness makes a desert.