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Chinese symbol for “dispersed”

离散
lí sàn
Traditional: 離散
(of family members) separated from one another; scattered about; dispersed; (math.) discrete

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dispersed is 离散 (lí sàn), defined as: (of family members) separated from one another; scattered about; dispersed; (math.) discrete.

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Characters and stroke order

离 lí
rare beast; strange; elegant
radical 114 ⽱ · 11 strokes
散 sàn
to scatter, to disperse, to break up
radical 66 ⽁ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 离散.

WordPinyinMeaning
离开 (離開)lí kāito depart; to leave
距离 (距離)jù lídistance; separation (in space or time); to be ... away from; to be ... from
脱离 (脫離)tuō líto separate oneself from; to break away from
离婚 (離婚)lí hūnto divorce
分离 (分離)fēn líto separate
远离 (遠離)yuǎn líto be far from; to keep away from
扩散 (擴散)kuò sànto spread; to proliferate; to diffuse
分散fēn sànto scatter; to disperse

See also: Japanese symbol for “dispersed”.

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.