撒

See also 撤

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 散 – to scatter with the hand.

Han character

撒 (radical 64 手+12, 15 strokes, cangjie input 手廿月大 (QTBK), four-corner 5804₀)

1. release, cast away, let go
2. disperse
3. relax

References

• KangXi: page 454, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12697
• Dae Jaweon: page 803, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1953, character 9
• Unihan data for U+6492

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Cantonese

Hanzi

撒 (Yale saat3)

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Japanese

Kanji

撒

Readings

• On: さん (san), さつ (satsu)
• Kun: まく (maku)

Compounds

• 撒水

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Korean

Hanja

撒 (hangeul 살, revised sal, McCune-Reischauer sal, Yale sal)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

撒 (pinyin sā (sa1), sǎ (sa3), Wade-Giles sa¹, sa³)

Compounds

• sā
  • 撒把
  • 撒旦
  • 撒旦教
  • 撒刁
  • 撒欢儿
  • 撒谎
  • 撒娇, 撒娇儿
  • 撒酒疯, 撒酒疯儿
  • 撒科打诨
  • 撒拉族
  • 撒赖
  • 撒尿
  • 撒泼
  • 撒气
  • 撒手
  • 撒手锏
  • 撒腿
  • 撒网
  • 撒窝
  • 撒鸭子, 撒丫子
  • 撒野
• sǎ
  • 撒播
  • 撒施

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Vietnamese

Han character

撒 (tát, tản, rát)