撒

See also: 撤

撒 U+6492, 撒 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6492 ← 撑 [U+6491] CJK Unified Ideographs 撓 → [U+6493]

Translingual

Han character

撒 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手廿月大 (QTBK), four-corner 5804₀, composition ⿰扌散)

Derived characters

• 𫬒

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 454, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12697
• Dae Jaweon: page 803, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1953, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6492

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Chinese

trad.		撒
simp. #		撒

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (散) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
散	*saːnʔ, *saːns
糤	*saːnʔ
繖	*saːnʔ, *saːns
饊	*saːnʔ
鏾	*saːnʔ
潸	*sraːn, *sraːnʔ
霰	*sqʰeːns
撒	*saːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *saːd) : semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 散 (OC *saːnʔ, *saːns) – to scatter with the hand.‘

Etymology

Cognate with 散 (OC *saːnʔ, *saːns, “to disperse; scattered”). See there for more.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sā (sa¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³
• Eastern Min (BUC): sák
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soah / sat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sā
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sa
    • Wade–Giles: sa¹
    • Yale: sā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sa
    • Palladius: са (sa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: saat³
    • Yale: saat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sák
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑʔ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soah
    • Tâi-lô: suah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soaq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore): /suaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suaʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sat
    • Tâi-lô: sat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sad
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sat̚³²/

Note:

• soah - vernacular;
• sat - literary.

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 撒
Mandarin	Beijing	/sa²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/sa⁴⁴/ ～手 /sa²¹³/ ～種
	Tianjin	/sɑ¹³/ ～種 /sɑ²¹/ ～手
	Jinan	/sa⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/sa⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/sa²⁴/ ～手 /sa⁵³/ ～種
	Xi'an	/sa⁵³/
	Xining	/sa⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/sa⁵³/ ～播 /sa⁴⁴/ ～手
	Lanzhou	/sa⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/sa⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/sa⁴²/
	Chengdu	/sa⁵³/
	Guiyang	/sa⁴²/
	Kunming	/sa̠⁵³/
	Nanjing	/sɑ²¹²/ ～種 /sɑʔ⁵/ ～尿
	Hefei	/sɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/saʔ²/
	Pingyao	/sʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/saʔ⁴³/ ～開腿跑 /sa⁵³/ ～飯
Wu	Shanghai	/sa³⁵/
	Suzhou	/saʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/sɑʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/sa²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/saʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/sa⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/sa⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/san⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/saʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sat̚³/
	Nanning	/ɬat̚³³/
	Hong Kong	/sɐt̚³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/sat̚³²/ /suaʔ³²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/suɛ²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/suaʔ²/ /saʔ²/ /sak̚²/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/tua³³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*saːd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	撒
Reading #	1/1
No.	10977
Phonetic component	散
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	躠
Old Chinese	/*saːd/
Notes	說文作殺下米

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 撒

1. to cast away; to let go
2. (colloquial) to excrete (urine); to piss
3. (derogatory) to throw off one's constraint
4. (Singapore Hokkien) nevermind; forget it; to let a matter drop

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǎ (sa³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soah / sat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǎ
    • Wade–Giles: sa³
    • Yale: sǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saa
    • Palladius: са (sa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sä²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: saat³
    • Yale: saat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soah
    • Tâi-lô: suah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soaq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /suaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suaʔ⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sat
    • Tâi-lô: sat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sad
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sat̚³²/

Note:

• soah - vernacular;
• sat - literary.

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 撒
Mandarin	Beijing	/sa²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/sa⁴⁴/ ～手 /sa²¹³/ ～種
	Tianjin	/sɑ¹³/ ～種 /sɑ²¹/ ～手
	Jinan	/sa⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/sa⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/sa²⁴/ ～手 /sa⁵³/ ～種
	Xi'an	/sa⁵³/
	Xining	/sa⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/sa⁵³/ ～播 /sa⁴⁴/ ～手
	Lanzhou	/sa⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/sa⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/sa⁴²/
	Chengdu	/sa⁵³/
	Guiyang	/sa⁴²/
	Kunming	/sa̠⁵³/
	Nanjing	/sɑ²¹²/ ～種 /sɑʔ⁵/ ～尿
	Hefei	/sɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/saʔ²/
	Pingyao	/sʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/saʔ⁴³/ ～開腿跑 /sa⁵³/ ～飯
Wu	Shanghai	/sa³⁵/
	Suzhou	/saʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/sɑʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/sa²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/saʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/sa⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/sa⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/san⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/saʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sat̚³/
	Nanning	/ɬat̚³³/
	Hong Kong	/sɐt̚³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/sat̚³²/ /suaʔ³²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/suɛ²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/suaʔ²/ /saʔ²/ /sak̚²/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/tua³³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 撒

1. to scatter; to sprinkle; to disperse
2. to spill

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǎ, sā (sa³, sa¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄚˇ, ㄙㄚ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǎ
    • Wade–Giles: sa³
    • Yale: sǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saa
    • Palladius: са (sa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sä²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sā
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sa
    • Wade–Giles: sa¹
    • Yale: sā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sa
    • Palladius: са (sa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sä⁵⁵/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 撒
Mandarin	Beijing	/sa²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/sa⁴⁴/ ～手 /sa²¹³/ ～種
	Tianjin	/sɑ¹³/ ～種 /sɑ²¹/ ～手
	Jinan	/sa⁵⁵/
	Qingdao	/sa⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/sa²⁴/ ～手 /sa⁵³/ ～種
	Xi'an	/sa⁵³/
	Xining	/sa⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/sa⁵³/ ～播 /sa⁴⁴/ ～手
	Lanzhou	/sa⁴⁴²/
	Ürümqi	/sa⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/sa⁴²/
	Chengdu	/sa⁵³/
	Guiyang	/sa⁴²/
	Kunming	/sa̠⁵³/
	Nanjing	/sɑ²¹²/ ～種 /sɑʔ⁵/ ～尿
	Hefei	/sɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/saʔ²/
	Pingyao	/sʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/saʔ⁴³/ ～開腿跑 /sa⁵³/ ～飯
Wu	Shanghai	/sa³⁵/
	Suzhou	/saʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/sɑʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/sa²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/saʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/sa⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/sa⁴¹/
	Xiangtan	/san⁴²/
Gan	Nanchang	/saʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sat̚³/
	Nanning	/ɬat̚³³/
	Hong Kong	/sɐt̚³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/sat̚³²/ /suaʔ³²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/suɛ²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/suaʔ²/ /saʔ²/ /sak̚²/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/tua³³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 撒

1. a surname

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

撒

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. scatter, sprinkle, strew

Readings

• Go-on: さち (sachi)
• Kan-on: さつ (satsu)
• Kan’yō-on: さん (san)
• Kun: まく (maku, 撒く)

Compounds

• 撒水(さんすい) (sansui), 撒水(さっすい) (sassui)

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Korean

Hanja

撒 (eumhun 뿌릴 살 (ppuril sal))

1. hanja form^? of 살 (“scatter, sprinkle, strew”)

Compounds

• 살포 (撒布, salpo, “scattering; sprinkling”)
• 살수 (撒水, salsu, “water sprinkling; watering”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

撒: Hán Nôm readings: tát, tản, rát

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