散
sànsǎn HSK3

scatter

散 sàn frequency
dispel verb
to dispel or drive away things like smoke, heat, or emotions

你可以出去走走，散散心。

nǐ kě​yǐ chū​qù zǒu​zou, sàn sàn​xīn.

You can go out for a walk to clear your head.

disperse verb
to break up a meeting or disperse a gathering of people

会议两点钟就散了。

huì​yì liǎng​diǎn zhōng jiù sàn le.

The meeting broke up at two o'clock.

scatter verb
to scatter, disseminate, or distribute objects or information

他在街上散发宣传单。

tā zài jiē shàng sàn fā xuān​chuán​dān.

He is handing out flyers on the street.

sack verb
(coll.) to dismiss or fire someone from a job

因为表现不好，他被老板给散了。

yīn​wèi biǎo​xiàn bù hǎo, tā bèi lǎo​bǎn gěi sàn le.

He was let go by his boss because of poor performance.

散 sǎn
leisurely adjective
relaxed, casual, or free from restraint

他的生活态度一直很散漫。

tā de shēng​huó tài​du yī​zhí hěn sǎn màn.

His attitude toward life has always been very undisciplined.

powdered medicine verb
medicine in the form of powder

这种止血散非常有效。

zhè zhǒng zhǐ​xuè sǎn fēi​cháng yǒu​xiào.

This styptic powder is very effective.

loose verb
scattered, loose, or falling apart

这把老椅子快要散架了。

zhè bǎ lǎo yǐ​zi kuài yào sǎn​jià le.

This old chair is about to fall apart.

Frequency
Character
Written text
866th most common 203.3 per million
Movie subtitles
1,074th most common 89.9 per million appears in 38% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
21.1 per million appears in 9% of films
Written text
44.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+6563

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)