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Chinese symbol for “disperse”

散落
sàn luò
to disperse; to fall scattered; to sprinkle

The closest CC-CEDICT match for disperse is 散落 (sàn luò), defined as: to disperse; to fall scattered; to sprinkle.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

散 sàn
to scatter, to disperse, to break up
radical 66 ⽁ · 12 strokes
落 luò
to fall, to drop; surplus, net income
radical 140 ⾋ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “disperse”

WordPinyinMeaning
驱散 (驅散)qū sànto disperse (a crowd etc); (fig.) to dispel (misgivings etc)
发散 (發散)fā sànto disperse; to diverge
四散sì sànto disperse; to scatter in all directions
疏散shū sànto scatter; to disperse; to evacuate; scattered; sparse
吹散chuī sànto disperse

Related words

Other words that share a character with 散落.

WordPinyinMeaning
扩散 (擴散)kuò sànto spread; to proliferate; to diffuse
分散fēn sànto scatter; to disperse
解散jiě sànto dissolve; to disband
散发 (散發)sàn fāto distribute; to emit; to give off
散布 (散佈)sàn bùto disseminate
散文sǎn wén(broadly) prose (as opposed to verse); (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections
落实 (落實)luò shípractical; workable
部落bù luòtribe

See also: Japanese symbol for “disperse”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.