撒

sā
#1,443 most
frequent character
to let go, to cast, to let loose

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

撒 joins 扌 hand with 散 sàn 'to scatter', which acts as both meaning and sound part. It first meant 'to scatter, release'. Read sā, it came to mean 'let go'; read sǎ, 'to sprinkle'.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

撒sǎ
to scatter, to sprinkle, to spill

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