Hanja Analyzer
散

散 — san

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
흩을 산
Romanization
san
English
scatter, disperse, break up
Mandarin
sàn
Japanese on'yomi
サン
Japanese kun'yomi
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
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#758 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
攴 (66, 8 residual)
Unicode
U+6563

How 散 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 散 as a ideographic compound involving 林, 攴.

Korean example words with 散

  • 산약散藥 Korean gloss: 가루로 된 약
  • 소산消散 Korean gloss: 흩어져 사라짐
  • 취산聚散 Korean gloss: 모임과 흩어짐
  • 산실散失 Korean gloss: 흩어져 잃어버림
  • 산병散兵 Korean gloss: 뿔뿔이 흩어진 병사
  • 풍산風散 Korean gloss: 사방으로 날아 흩어짐
  • 산심散心 Korean gloss: 마음이 어지럽게 흩어짐
  • 집산集散 Korean gloss: 모여들었다 흩어졌다 함
  • 산회散會 Korean gloss: 회의를 마치고 사람들이 흩어짐
  • 산답散畓 Korean gloss: 한 사람의 소유로 여기저기 흩어져 있는 논
  • 산분散糞 Korean gloss: 새 따위가 여기저기 어지럽게 누어 놓은 똥
  • 휘산揮散 Korean gloss: 액체 따위가 기체로 변하여 흩어짐. 또는 그렇게 되게 함

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 散

  • 解散かいさん breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.)
  • 拡散かくさん spreading; disseminating; scattering
  • 散歩さんぽ walk; stroll
  • 分散ぶんさん dispersion; breakup; scattering
  • 散発さんぱつ sporadic; scattering
  • 散会さんかい adjournment
  • 散布さんぷ dissemination; scattering; sprinkling
  • 閑散かんさん deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; still
  • 離散りさん dispersion; separation; scattering
  • 散骨さんこつ scattering of ashes (cremated remains)
  • 集散しゅうさん collection (gathering) and distribution
  • 散策さんさく walking; strolling; roaming

Characters sharing the phonetic 散

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “산” in Korean.

Other hanja read “산”

Other hanja with radical 攴

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