The kanji 散: meaning, readings and stroke order
散
- Meaning
- scatter, fall
- On reading
- サン san
- Kun reading
- ち(る) chiru、ち(らす) chirasu、ち(らかす) chirakasu、ち(らかる) chirakaru
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 攴 rap
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- tản ra, rơi rụng (tán)
- Japanese
- ちる。ばらばらに なる。
- Korean
- 흩어지다, 지다 (산)
- Chinese
- 散开、凋落
Readings, words and example sentences
サン san · on reading
散歩
a walk, a stroll
毎朝 犬と 散歩します。
I go for a walk with my dog every morning.
ち(る) chiru · kun reading
散る
to fall (petals, leaves), to scatter
春の 終わりに さくらの 花が 散ります。
At the end of spring, the cherry blossoms fall.
ち(らす) chirasu · kun reading · less common
散らす
to scatter
風が 木の 葉を 散らします。
The wind scatters the leaves.
ち(らかす) chirakasu · kun reading · less common
散らかす
to make a mess
へやを 散らかしては いけません。
You must not mess up your room.
ち(らかる) chirakaru · kun reading · less common
散らかる
to be messy
つくえの 上が 散らかって います。
The top of the desk is messy.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.