散

sǎn
#864 most
frequent character
scattered, loose, to come loose

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

散 first showed trees 龷 being beaten with a staff 攵, with chips flying, so it meant scattering something by pounding. 月 yuè was added later for the sound, though that link is faint today. Read sàn it means to scatter or spread; read sǎn it means loose or falling apart.

Drawn as: staff beating wood

散 as a component in other characters

meaning1 character
撒
sound3 characters
撒霰馓

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