散

12 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 4th grade
JLPT exam level N3

scatter, disperse, spend, squander

Kun'yomi
  • ちる
    		to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves) ②to scatter ③to disappear ④to spread
  • ちらす
    		to scatter ②to disperse ③to do ... wildly (i.e. disorderly or frequently)
  • -ちらす
  • ちらかす
    		to scatter around
  • ちらかる
    		to be in disorder
  • ちらばる
    		to be scattered about
  • ばら
    		loose articles (not packaged with other things) ②coins
  • ばらける
    		to come apart
On'yomi
  • サン
Nanori
  • ちる

Main Radical

攴(KanXi)

Variants

サ

Reading Commonality

サン 52.4%
ちるちらす-ちらすちらかすちらかるちらばる 47.6%

Character Breakdown

scatter, disperse, spend
サン　ち.る　ばら (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
month, moon
つき　ゲツ　ガツ (1st, N5)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)

Contained In

撒 繖 霰

Common Words

ち
散
　
る
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves) ②to scatter ③to disappear ④to spread
さん
散
ぽ
歩
walk
さん
散
ざん
々
thoroughly ②severely ③scattered
かい
解
さん
散
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.) ②dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.) ③dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
ち
散
　
ら
　
す
to scatter ②to disperse ③to do ... wildly (i.e. disorderly or frequently)
たい
退
さん
散
dispersal ②running away
ち
散
　
ら
　
ば
　
る
to be scattered about
さん
散
ぷ
布
dissemination
ち
散
　
ら
　
し
scattering ②leaflets ③sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top ④writing in an irregular hand
ち
散
　
ら
　
か
　
す
to scatter around
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References

Unicode hex code 6563
JIS X 0208 1-27-22
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2056
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Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 944
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Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4i8.1
Four corner code 4824.0
De Roo Code 1966