洒
sǎ HSK5

sprinkle

洒 (灑) sǎ
scatter verb
to diffuse or cast light, rays, or shadows over a surface

月光洒在地上。

yuè​guāng sǎ zài dì shàng.

The moonlight spilled onto the ground.

spill verb
to accidentally flow or fall out of a container

我不小心把牛奶洒了。

wǒ bù xiǎo​xīn bǎ niú​nǎi sǎ le.

I accidentally spilled the milk.

shed verb
to let fall or flow, typically referring to tears or blood

他为正义事业洒下热血。

tā wèi zhèng​yì shì​yè sǎ​xià rè​xuè.

He shed his blood for the cause of justice.

sprinkle verb
to spray or scatter liquid in small drops

他在院子里洒水。

tā zài yuàn​zi lǐ sǎ shuǐ.

He is sprinkling water in the yard.

Frequency
Character
Written text
2,283rd most common 25.6 per million
Movie subtitles
2,308th most common 11.9 per million appears in 7% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
11.3 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
12.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Traditional
灑
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+6D12

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