Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N3

758 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: scatter, disperse, spend, squander

Kunyomi: 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

Onyomi: サン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ぼくづくり

Meaning: rap

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

歩(さんぽ)   walk, stroll [n.]

文(さんぶん)   prose

乱する(さんらんする)   be scattered about

髪する(さんぱつする)   have a hair cut

会する(さんかいする)   adjourn

する(かいさんする)   break up, dissolve, be dissolved

る(ちる)   fall, scatter [v.i.]

らす(ちらす)   disperse [v.t.]

らかす(ちらかす)   leave untidy [v.t.]

らばる(ちらばる)   be scattered about [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

サンコツ scattering of ashes (cremated remains)

サンカイ adjournment

リサン dispersal, scattering, discrete

シュウサン collection (gathering) and distribution

Kunyomi Examples

ちる to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves), to scatter, to be dispersed, to disappear, to dissolve, to break up, to spread, to run, to blur, to die a noble death

らす ちらす to scatter, to cause a shower of, to disperse, to distribute, to spread, to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.), to relieve, to get rid of, to cure, to distract, to divert, to do ... wildly (i.e. disorderly or frequently), to do ... all over the place

らかす ちらかす to scatter around, to leave untidy, to make a mess

らかる ちらかる to be in disorder, to lie scattered around

らばる ちらばる to be scattered about, to disperse, to be littered (with)

ばら loose articles (not packaged with other things), bulk items, individual items, coins, small change

ばら撒く ばらまく to scatter, to disseminate (e.g. a rumor), to spread (e.g. germs), to broadcast, to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets), to hand out freely, to spend recklessly

ける ばらける to come apart, to unravel, to come loose, to become disarrayed (e.g. of hair)