sàn sǎn

to scatter; to disperse; to break up (a meeting etc)

HSK 4 #866

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 866th character
Radical ⽁ (66.8)
Strokes 12
Index # 2546

Definitions

散 sàn
  1. 1. to scatter
  2. 2. to disperse
  3. 3. to break up (a meeting etc)
  4. 4. to dispel
  5. 5. to disseminate
  6. 6. (coll.) to sack
散 sǎn
  1. 1. scattered
  2. 2. loose
  3. 3. to come loose
  4. 4. to fall apart
  5. 5. leisurely
  6. 6. powdered medicine

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Words containing 散

Word Meaning
routed; defeated
travel notes; random jottings
nuclear proliferation
lost; to squander
individual traveler (as opposed to traveling with a group)
(of a group of people) to live scattered over an area
to collect for distribution
to disperse in confusion (idiom)
to separate
to separate
fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
to part on bad terms
See you there!; fig. Be sure to wait!
See you there!; fig. Be sure to wait!
wuling powder (decoction of poria mushroom used in TCM)
disunited; (of a nation, government etc) demoralized
disunited; (of a nation, government etc) demoralized
to flee helter-skelter
FDDI; fiber distributed data interface
FDDI; fiber distributed data interface
idle; unemployed