さん
散
ざん
々

adjectival noun or quasi-adjective, adverb

  1. thoroughly, completely, utterly.
  2. severely, harshly, terribly, miserably, wretchedly, badly.

adjectival noun or quasi-adjective

Archaism.
  1. scattered, disconnected, dispersed, smashed into tiny pieces.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
さん
散
ざん
々
 散々 さんざん ✔
さん
散
ざん
散
 散散 さんざん

Contained Kanji 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)
repeated kanji symbol