漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
散: scatter, disperse
Also: spend, squander
JLPT N312 strokesGrade 4Your ink: 白 Not met
攵 carries the meaning · 月 is drawn in
12 strokes
Five readings, and the words that use each
サンsan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 散歩さんぽwalk, stroll [n.]
- 散文さんぶんprose
- 散乱するさんらんするbe scattered about
- 散髪するさんぱつするhave a hair cut
- 散会するさんかいするadjourn
- 解散するかいさんするbreak up, dissolve, be dissolved
ちるchiru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 散るちるfall, scatter [v.i.]
ちらすchirasu · kun'yomi
- 散らすちらすdisperse [v.t.]
ちらかすchirakasu · kun'yomi
- 散らかすちらかすleave untidy [v.t.]
ちらばるchirabaru · kun'yomi
- 散らばるちらばるbe scattered about [v.i.]
Also read -ちらす, ちらかる, ばら, ばらける, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Whack! A hand with a stick is ready to take command.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · sàn
Same form: 散 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 散 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 散 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin sàn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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