散 - sǎn - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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HSK 4 - Medium
12 strokes
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散

sǎn

Definition

to fall apart
leisurely
scattered
loose
to come loose
powdered medicine

Other pronunciations

sàn

to scatter
to break up (a meeting etc)
to loose
to disperse
to disseminate
to distribute
to spread
to give out
to dispel
to let out
(coll.) to sack

Character Decomposition

Compounds (7)

撒

sā

to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to

撒

sǎ

to scatter; to sprinkle; to spill

霰

xiàn

graupel; snow pellet; soft hail

see 馓子

name of a river in Hebei Province

to disperse water

the trigger of a crossbow; crossbow

Related words (41)

散件

sǎn jiàn

spare parts; odds and ends

free prose style

astigmatism; see also 散光

散兵

sǎn bīng

loose and disorganized soldiers; stragglers; (fig.) a loner

散养

sǎn yǎng

free-range raising (of poultry, cattle etc)

散列

sǎn liè

to hash; hashing (computing)

powder medicine

scattered bandits; (fig.) random jottings; marginal notes

scattering

(of a group of people) to live scattered over an area

散工

sǎn gōng

day labor; piece-time work

散座

sǎn zuò

single seat (in theater); irregular passenger (in rickshaw)

散弹

sǎn dàn

(gun) shot; canister shot

散户

sǎn hù

individual (shareholder); the small investor

prose; essay

verse or song form from Yuan, Ming and Qing

散板

sǎn bǎn

to fall apart; opera section in free rhythm

散架

sǎn jià

to fall apart; exhaustion

散沙

sǎn shā

scattered sand; (fig.) lacking in cohesion or organization

散漫

sǎn màn

undisciplined; unorganized

in fragments

loose powder (makeup)

sinecure

loose goods; goods sold open; draft (of beer, as opposed to bottled)

seen periodically

random jottings; travel notes

digression

free and unfettered

small sum of money; loose change; Cantonese equivalent of 零钱

foxhole (military)

shotgun

prose poem

loose-fitting pants; Chinese-style pants

idle; unemployed

inactive; careless; lazy; indolent; negligent

defeated; routed

loose; ruffled; disheveled

闲散

xián sǎn

idle; unused; at leisure

五苓散

wǔ líng sǎn

wuling powder (decoction of poria mushroom used in TCM); poria five powder; Hoelen five powder; five ling powder

unemployed and idle

easy-going; lax; unconstrained; unruly

Idioms (2)

散兵游勇

sǎn bīng yóu yǒng

(lit.) straggling and disbanded soldiers (idiom); fig. disorganized uncoordinated action

一盘散沙

yī pán sǎn shā

(lit.) like a sheet of loose sand; (fig.) unable to cooperate (idiom)

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