Read Edit View history Discussion 散 sànsǎn HSK3 scatter Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Originally written as 𢽳, which depicted trees (林) being struck (攵) to make things fall off the tree and scatter. The character 斝 was sometimes confused with the character 散, and a corruption of it visually similar to 月 was added. Pinyin Separate values with commas sàn ×sǎn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 散 Simp strokes 散 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Modern form looks like 月. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 散 Simp strokes 散 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 散 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 173, 581 ], [ 195, 576 ], [ 262, 581 ], [ 450, 631 ], [ 504, 636 ] ], [ [ 234, 745 ], [ 268, 710 ], [ 279, 624 ], [ 283, 508 ], [ 283, 486 ], [ 271, 472 ] ], [ [ 404, 814 ], [ 441, 775 ], [ 406, 515 ], [ 389, 497 ] ], [ [ 77, 423 ], [ 101, 414 ], [ 136, 412 ], [ 437, 483 ], [ 480, 489 ], [ 508, 485 ] ], [ [ 232, 363 ], [ 252, 341 ], [ 256, 282 ], [ 241, 127 ], [ 214, 28 ], [ 212, -14 ] ], [ [ 280, 352 ], [ 311, 352 ], [ 320, 359 ], [ 388, 374 ], [ 406, 369 ], [ 424, 353 ], [ 421, 302 ], [ 431, 116 ], [ 428, 35 ], [ 419, 11 ], [ 402, -10 ], [ 320, 24 ] ], [ [ 273, 231 ], [ 285, 242 ], [ 311, 249 ], [ 346, 253 ], [ 365, 248 ] ], [ [ 263, 143 ], [ 318, 160 ], [ 369, 157 ] ], [ [ 634, 758 ], [ 652, 747 ], [ 675, 718 ], [ 648, 626 ], [ 573, 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676,180Z" ] } 12 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.