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漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

颯: sudden, quick

Also: sound of the wind

JLPT N114 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

立 and 風 carry the meaning

14 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

さっとsatto · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 颯爽さっそうgallant; dashing; jaunty
  • 颯々さっさつrustling (of wind); murmuring; whistling

Also read サツ, ソウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Stand (立) + wind (風) = the feeling of standing tall as a brisk, sudden breeze brushes past you.”
From the 風 wind story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
立

Also built on to stand (立)

All 18
風

Also built on wind (風)

All 2

Also read サツ

9 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ソウ

56 kanji share this on'yomiAll 56

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
颯 sudden · 立
vs楓 maple · 木
颯 has 立 where 楓 has 木.
In ChineseSimplified 飒 · traditional, as in Japanese · sà

Japan keeps the traditional form 颯; mainland China simplifies it to 飒.

Simplified
飒 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
颯 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin sà 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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