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sàn

scatter

Depicts trees (林) being struck (攵) to make things fall off the tree and scatter.

Components

林
林 Iconic component
lín forest

Depicts trees.

攵
攵 Iconic component
pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴. Depicts a hand holding a hitting implement.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

散

Meaning (1)

散

說文解字

《說文》：“，分離也。从攴，从，，分之意也。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.345-346
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)