散(sàn)

HSK 312 strokes
Readingssànsǎn

variant of 散[san4]

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Character information

Pinyin
sàn / sǎn
Meaning
variant of 散[san4]
Strokes
12
HSK level
HSK 3
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 散 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰⿱？⺼攵

A hand 攵 tossing seeds from a basket

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

⺼攵pū

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 散 step by step

12 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 散

Common words using 散 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

fēn分sàn散
HSK 4

to scatter; to disperse; to distribute

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kuò扩sàn散
HSK 7-9

to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse

Open 扩散 page →
sàn散bù布
HSK 7-9

to disseminate

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rǒng冗sàn散

(literary) idle; unemployed; (literary) (of writing) leisurely and verbose

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chuī吹sàn散

to disperse

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yī一hǒng哄ér而sàn散

to disperse in confusion (idiom)

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yī一pán盘sàn散shā沙

lit. like a sheet of loose sand

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bù不huān欢ér而sàn散

to part on bad terms

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From 散’s common words

分扩布冗吹一哄而

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