散

sàn

HSK 33 readings

“Scattered” in Chinese is 散 (sàn).

Other characters with the syllable san: see all 3 →

Meaning

scattered
loose
to come loose

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to fall apart
leisurely
powdered medicine
to scatter
to break up (a meeting etc)
to disperse
to disseminate
to dispel
(coll.) to sack
variant of 散[san4]

Example

我喜欢散步。

I like taking walks.

From 散步 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

sǎnscattered / loose / to come loose / to fall apart / leisurely / powdered medicine
sànvariant of 散 / to scatter / to break up (a meeting etc) / to disperse / to disseminate / to dispel / (coll.) to sack

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Words containing 散

散步sànbùto take a walk; to go for a walkHSK 3 分散fēnsànto scatterHSK 4 散文sǎnwén(broadly) prose (as opposed to verse)HSK 5 解散jiěsànto dissolveHSK 7-9 扩散kuòsànto spread; to proliferate; to diffuseHSK 7-9 散布sànbùto disseminateHSK 7-9 散发sànfāto distribute; to emit; to give offHSK 7-9 疏散shūsànidle; leisurely; laid-backHSK 7-9

More HSK 3 characters

按ànto pressHSK 3 把bǎto hold; to graspHSK 3 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself)HSK 3 保bǎoBulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])HSK 3 被bèiquiltHSK 3 币bìmoneyHSK 3 标biāomarkHSK 3 并bìngandHSK 3 播bōto sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc)HSK 3 补bǔto repairHSK 3

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