Meaning & readings
scatter, disperse, spend, squander
On’yomi サン
Kun’yomi ち.る、ち.らす、-ち.らす、ち.らかす、ち.らかる、ち.らばる、ばら、ばら.ける
Nanori ちる
Origin
This character combines two components to show the idea of scattering. The top part represents a bundle or collection of things held together, while the bottom part shows division or splitting apart. When you split a bundle, its contents scatter in different directions, which directly conveys the meaning of disperse or scatter. The character's structure visually mimics how a group becomes separated into many pieces.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Compound ideographic (combined meanings).
Components
- 𠂉
- 乂
Common words
- 解散 かいさん breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd)
- 拡散 かくさん spreading; disseminating
- 閑散 かんさん deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet
- 散る ちる to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves)
- 散会 さんかい adjournment
- 散策 さんさく walking; strolling
- 散発 さんぱつ sporadic; scattering
- 散髪 さんぱつ (having a) haircut; hair-cutting
Reference
- Strokes
- 12
- Kangxi radical
- 66
- Grade
- Grade 4 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #758 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 2
- Unicode
- U+06563