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散

sàn

HSK 4 Character

What 散 means

1. to scatter
2. to break up (a meeting etc)
3. to disperse
4. to disseminate
5. to dispel
6. colloquialto sack

Other readings

散 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• sǎnscattered; loose; to come loose
• sànvariant of {散|sàn}

Example sentences

• 散开！
  Scatter!
• 散弹枪！
  Shotgun!
• 车要散架了。
  Chē yào sǎnjià le.
  This car is going to break down.
• 我去了散步。
  I took a walk.
• 我陪她散步。
  I accompanied her on a walk.
• 他正在散步。
  He is taking a walk.

Words starting with 散

• 散步sàn bùto take a walk; to go for a walk
• 散发sàn fāto distribute; to emit; to give off
• 散文sǎn wén(broadly) prose (as opposed to verse); (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as…
• 散布sàn bùto disseminate
• 散落sàn luòto disperse; to fall scattered; to sprinkle
• 散开sàn kāito separate; to disperse
• 散乱sǎn luànin disorder; messy; Taiwan pr. sàn luàn
• 散漫sǎn mànundisciplined; unorganized
• 散场sàn chǎng(of a theater) to empty; (of a show) to end
• 散热sàn rèto dissipate heat
• 散会sàn huìto disperse a meeting; to adjourn; finished
• 散装sǎn zhuāngloose goods; goods sold open; draft (of beer, as opposed to bottled)
• 散伙sàn huǒto break up; to disband; to go one's separate ways
• 散播sàn bōto spread; to disperse; to disseminate
• 散心sàn xīnto drive away cares; to relieve boredom
• 散记sǎn jìrandom jottings; travel notes
• 散户sǎn hùindividual (shareholder); the small investor
• 散打sǎn dǎmixed martial arts
• 散客sǎn kèFIT (free independent traveler); individual traveler…
• 散架sǎn jiàto fall apart; exhaustion
• 散热器sàn rè qìradiator (for heating a room); radiator (for cooling an engine)
• 散失sàn shīto squander; lost
• 散件sǎn jiànspare parts; odds and ends
• 散光sàn guāngto diffuse light

Words containing 散

• 分散fēn sànto scatter; to disperse; to distribute
• 扩散kuò sànto spread; to proliferate; to diffuse
• 解散jiě sànto dissolve; to disband
• 疏散shū sànto scatter; to disperse; to evacuate; scattered; sparse
• 懒散lǎn sǎnindolent; negligent; slack
• 烟消云散yān xiāo yún sàn(idiom) to vanish like smoke in thin air; to disappear
• 驱散qū sànto disperse (a crowd etc); (fig.) to dispel (misgivings etc)
• 松散sōng santo relax; loose; not consolidated
• 消散xiāo sànto dissipate
• 四散sì sànto disperse; to scatter in all directions
• 飘散piāo sànto waft (through the air); to drift
• 拆散chāi sànto break up (a marriage, family etc)
• 零散líng sǎnscattered
• 闲散xián sǎnlaid back; leisurely; (of resources: workers, funds etc) unused; idle
• 失散shī sànto lose touch with; missing; scattered
• 离散lí sàn(of family members) separated from one another; scattered about; dispersed…
• 发散fā sànto disperse; to diverge
• 集散地jí sàn dìdistribution center
• 不见不散bù jiàn bù sànlit. Even if we don't see each other, don't give up and leave (idiom)…
• 披头散发pī tóu sàn fàwith dishevelled hair (idiom); with one's hair down
• 涣散huàn sànto slacken; lax; slack
• 吹散chuī sànto disperse
• 不欢而散bù huān ér sànto part on bad terms; (of a meeting etc) to break up in discord
• 魂飞魄散hún fēi pò sànlit. the soul flies away and scatters (idiom); fig. to be frightened stiff…

Characters that look like 散

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 数shùnumber; figure; several; a few
• 鼓gǔdrum; to drum; to strike
• 敏mǐn(bound form) quick; nimble; agile; (bound form) quick-witted; smart
• 骰tóudice
• 毂gūused in 毂辘
• 麸fūbran

Sounds the same

Read sàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 潵to disperse water