洒(sǎ)

HSK 59 strokesTrad. 灑
Readingssǎxǐ

to sprinkle

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Character information

Pinyin
sǎ / xǐ
Meaning
to sprinkle; to spray; to spill; to shed
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 5
Traditional
灑

Origin & structure

Where 洒 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰氵西

In this compound, the meaning comes from 氵 (water); 西 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

氵shuǐ西xī

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 洒 step by step

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

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Words with 洒

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

xiāo潇sǎ洒
HSK 7-9

confident and at ease

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pēn喷sǎ洒

to spray; to sprinkle

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pāo抛sǎ洒

to drip; to flow out; to sprinkle

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huī挥sǎ洒

to sprinkle; to shed (tears, blood etc); fig. free, unconstrained; to write…

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sǎ洒jiā家

(archaic) I; me (used by males during the Song and Yuan dynasties)

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sǎ洒tuō脱

free and at ease; natural; unconstrained

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sǎ洒luò落

to fall downward in a scattered, lightly sprinkled manner (as light, petals, leaves etc)

Open 洒落 page →
huā花sǎ洒

showerhead

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From 洒’s common words

潇喷抛挥家脱落花

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