散 – scatter, disperse, spend

12 strokesTaught in grade 4#758 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 散 means scatter, disperse, spend, squander. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is サン (san); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ち.る、ち.らす、-ち.らす、ち.らかす、ち.らかる、ち.らばる、ばら、ばら.ける (chiru, chirasu, chirasu, chirakasu, chirakaru, chirabaru, bara, barakeru). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 攴 (no. 66).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	サン	san
Kun’yomi	ち.る	chiru
Kun’yomi	ち.らす	chirasu
Kun’yomi	-ち.らす	chirasu
Kun’yomi	ち.らかす	chirakasu
Kun’yomi	ち.らかる	chirakaru
Kun’yomi	ち.らばる	chirabaru
Kun’yomi	ばら	bara
Kun’yomi	ばら.ける	barakeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 攴 (Kangxi radical 66). Components: 月・攵・廾・二・乞.

Words using 散

散歩さんぽwalk散るちるto fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves)散らすちらすto scatter解散かいさんbreaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.)散らかすちらかすto scatter around散らかるちらかるto be in disorder拡散かくさんspreading分散ぶんさんdispersion

Example sentences

公園を散歩しましょう。

Let's take a walk in the park.

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あなたが帰国なさる頃には、桜はみんな散ってしまっていることでしょう。

By the time you get home, all the cherry blossoms will have fallen.

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両替人の金を散らし、その台を倒した。

He scattered the coins of the money-changers and overturned their table.

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Kanji with the same radical

政改数教放整敗攻故救敏敬敵敷敢

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