散

Translingual

Han character

散 (radical 66 攴+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿月人大 (TBOK), four-corner 4824₀, composition ⿰⿱龷月攵)

1. scatter, disperse, break up
2. medicinal powder

Derived characters

• 撒

Descendants

• サ

References

• KangXi: page 472, character 34
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13265
• Dae Jaweon: page 825, character 18
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1465, character 15
• Unihan data for U+6563

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		散

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sàn, sǎn (san⁴, san³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢˋ, ㄙㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saan², saan³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): san
• Min Nan (POJ): sàn / sóaⁿ / sòaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: sàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: san⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sann
    • IPA ^(key): /sa̠n⁵¹/
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  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: sǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄢˇ
    • Wade-Giles: san³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saan
    • IPA ^(key): /sa̠n²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saan², saan³
    • Yale: sáan, saan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saan², saan³
    • IPA ^(key): /sɑːn³⁵/, /sɑːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: san
    • Hakka Romanization System: san
    • Hagfa Pinyim: san⁴
    • IPA: /san⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sàn / sóaⁿ / sòaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: sàn / suánn / suànn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: saxn, svoar, svoax
    • IPA (Taipei): /san¹¹/, /suã⁵³/, /suã¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /san²¹/, /suã⁵³/, /suã²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /sɑn^X/, /sɑn^H/▼

Rime
Character	散	散
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	寒 (61)	寒 (61)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	蘇旱切	蘇旰切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sɑnX/	/sɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/sɑnX/	/sɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/sɑnX/	/sɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sanX/	/sanH/
Li Rong	/sɑnX/	/sɑnH/
Wang Li	/sɑnX/	/sɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/sɑnX/	/sɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sǎn	sàn

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[s]ˤa[n]ʔ/, /*mə-sˤa[n]ʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*saːnʔ/, /*saːns/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	散	散
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	sǎn	sàn
Middle Chinese	‹ sanX ›	‹ sanH ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]ˤa[n]ʔ/	/*mə-sˤa[n]ʔ-s/
English	scattered (adj.)	scatter (v.t.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	散	散
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	10967	10972
Phonetic component	散	散
Rime group	元	元
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	散	繖
Old Chinese	/*saːnʔ/	/*saːns/
Notes	說文左上從林

Verb

散

1. to scatter

Adjective

散

1. scattered

Compounds

Terms derived from 散

• 七厘散 (qīlí sǎn)
• 七味葡萄散 (qīwèi pútáo sǎn)
• 三味蒺藜散 (sānwèi jíli sǎn)
• 三子散 (sānzǐ sǎn)
• 九一散 (jiǔ yī sǎn)
• 九分散 (jiǔfēn sàn)
• 五味沙棘散 (wǔwèi shājí sǎn)

• 五苓散 (wǔlíng sǎn)
• 五虎散 (wǔhǔ sǎn)
• 保赤散 (bǎochì sǎn)
• 八味檀香散 (bāwèi tánxiāng sǎn)
• 八味沉香散 (bāwèi chénxiāng sǎn)
• 八味清心沉香散 (bāwèi qīngxīn chénxiāng sǎn)
• 六一散 (liù yī sǎn)

• 六味木香散 (liùwèi mùxiāng sǎn)
• 十三味榜嘎散 (shísānwèi bǎnggā sǎn)
• 十二味翼首散 (shí'èrwèi yìshǒu sǎn)
• 四味土木香散 (sìwèi tǔmùxiāng sǎn)
• 活血止痛散 (huóxuè zhǐtòng sǎn)
• 避瘟散 (bìwēn sǎn)
• 黛蛤散 (dàigé sǎn)

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Japanese

Kanji

散

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: さん (san)
• Kan’on: さん (san)
• Kun: ちる (chiru), ちらす (chirasu), ちらかす (chirakasu)

Compounds

• 散逸 (さんいつ) ‎(san'itsu)
• 散開 (さんかい) ‎(sankai)
• 散見 (さんけん) ‎(sanken)
• 散光 (さんこう) ‎(sankō)
• 散在 (さんざい) ‎(sanzai)
• 散財 (さんざい) ‎(sanzai)
• 散策 (さんさく) ‎(sansaku)
• 散々 (さんざん) ‎(sanzan)
• 散水 (さんすい) ‎(sansui)
• 散村 (さんそん) ‎(sanson)
• 散弾 (さんだん) ‎(sandan)
• 散発 (さんぱつ) ‎(sanpatsu)
• 散髪 (さんぱつ) ‎(sanpatsu)
• 散布 (さんぷ) ‎(sanpu)
• 散文 (さんぶん) ‎(sanbun)
• 散歩 (さんぽ) ‎(sanpo)
• 散漫 (さんまん) ‎(sanman)
• 散乱 (さんらん) ‎(sanran)
• 散蓮華 (ちりれんげ) ‎(chirirenge)

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Korean

Hanja

散 • ‎(san) (hangeul 산, revised san, McCune-Reischauer san, Yale san)

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Vietnamese

Han character

散 (tản, tảng, tan, tởn, tán)

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