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Kanji Detail for 散 - "to scatter, to disperse, loose"

散

  • Meaning

    散 means "to scatter, to disperse, loose."

    1. Scatter - To spread in various directions.

    2. Disperse - To break up; to distribute.

    3. Loose - Not gathered; unfocused.

  • Words using 散

    • 解散 かいさん Listen breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.)
    • 拡散 かくさん Listen spreading; disseminating; scattering
    • 散歩 さんぽ Listen walk; stroll
    • 分散 ぶんさん Listen dispersion; breakup; scattering
    • 散発 さんぱつ Listen sporadic; scattering
    • 散会 さんかい Listen adjournment
    • 散布 さんぷ Listen dissemination; scattering; sprinkling
    • 散骨 さんこつ Listen scattering of ashes (cremated remains)

  • Four-character idioms with 散

    • 雲散霧消 うんさんむしょう Listen vanishing like mist
    • 怨敵退散 おんてきたいさん Listen invoking disaster upon one's mortal enemy; Confusion to the enemy!
    • 離合集散 りごうしゅうさん Listen meeting and parting; alliance and rupture (e.g. changing alignment of political parties)
    • 雲消霧散 うんしょうむさん Listen vanishing like mist
    • 雲集霧散 うんしゅうむさん Listen (many things) gathering like clouds and vanishing like mist; swarming and scattering

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    • Verified meaning: to scatter, to disperse, loose
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    scatter; disperse; spend; squander

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    scatter, disperse, break up

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 散[san4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to scatter, to disperse, to break up

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Not gathered. Such as 星散, 雲散. | To distribute. Giving to others is 散. Such as 施散, 揮散. | To relax. Like saying to unwind. Such as 散悶, 散心. | Unrestrained is 散. Such as 散漫無紀. | Leisurely. Such as 散秩, 散人. Being shelved is 投閒置散. Humbly saying useless is 樗散. | A qin melody name. In Jin, Xi Kang had the Guangling Melody. See (Book of Jin, Biography). | Powdered medicine is 散. Such as 丸散.

  • Onyomi

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    san(サン) サン

  • Kunyomi

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    bara(ばら) ばら

    bara.keru(ばら-ける) ばら-ける

    chi.rabaru(ち-らばる) ち-らばる

    chi.rakaru(ち-らかる) ち-らかる

    chi.rakasu(ち-らかす) ち-らかす

    chi.rasu(ち-らす) ち-らす

    chi.ru(ち-る) ち-る

  • Strokes

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    12 strokes

  • Radical

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    攴 攵 (bokunyo・bokuzukuri・tomata・nobun)

  • Related Keywords

    scatter disperse loose powder medicine unorganized break up diffuse disband dissipate distribute spread separate disarray expand

Sentences including 散

  • What do you say to going for a walk?

  • I don't want to take a walk now.

  • He was in the habit of taking a walk after supper.

  • In those days , i made it a point to take a walk before breakfast.

  • She makes it a rule to take an hour's walk every morning.

  • I took him out for a walk.

  • Your hair wants cutting.

  • He said ,'' let's take a walk along the river.''

  • I am in the habit of taking a walk every day.

  • I feel fresh after a walk.

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