散
scatter · disperse · spend · squander
Details
Stroke Order
Component Breakdown
龷 + meat + strike
Cultural Context
Etymology
Composed of moon, weapon, and strike. Striking to scatter.
Symbolism
Walk, scatter, disperse. Represents scattering.
Related Culture & Scenes
- — Cat relaxing
Words & Expressions
Four-Character Compounds
雲散霧消
うんさんむしょう
vanishing like mist; vanishing like mist
離合集散
りごうしゅうさん
meeting and parting; alliance and rupture (e.g. changing alignment of political parties); meeting and parting
雲集霧散
うんしゅうむさん
(many things) gathering like clouds and vanishing like mist; swarming and scattering; (many things) gathering like clouds and vanishing like mist
怨敵退散
おんてきたいさん
invoking disaster upon one's mortal enemy; Confusion to the enemy!; invoking disaster upon one's mortal enemy
雲消霧散
うんしょうむさん
vanishing like mist; vanishing like mist
Proverbs & Idioms
散り際が肝心
ちりぎわがかんじん
How you scatter is important
How you end matters
Poetry
ひさかたの 光のどけき 春の日に しづ心なく 花の散るらむ
Poem #33 from Hyakunin Isshu
白露に 風の吹きしく 秋の野は つらぬきとめぬ 玉ぞ散りける
Poem #37 from Hyakunin Isshu