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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: 月 攵

散

Radical

Radical: 攴

Reading: ぼくづくり

Meaning: rap

Strokes: 4

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Examples

Examples with audio

散歩(さんぽ)   walk, stroll [n.]

散文(さんぶん)   prose

散乱する(さんらんする)   be scattered about

散髪する(さんぱつする)   have a hair cut

散会する(さんかいする)   adjourn

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

散る(ちる)   fall, scatter [v.i.]

散らす(ちらす)   disperse [v.t.]

散らかす(ちらかす)   leave untidy [v.t.]

散らばる(ちらばる)   be scattered about [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

散骨 (サンコツ) scattering of ashes (cremated remains)

散会 (サンカイ) adjournment

離散 (リサン) dispersion, separation, scattering, breakup

集散 (シュウサン) collection (gathering) and distribution

Kunyomi Examples

散る (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

散らす (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

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

散らかる (ちらかる) to be in disorder, to lie scattered around

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

散 (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

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

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