Chinese symbol for “scattered”
散
sǎn
scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart
The closest CC-CEDICT match for scattered is 散 (sǎn), defined as: scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “scattered”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 零散 | líng sǎn | scattered |
| 稀 | xī | sparse; scattered; rare; uncommon |
| 四分五裂 | sì fēn wǔ liè | (idiom) fragmented; scattered; in disarray; at sixes and sevens |
| 疏散 | shū sàn | to scatter; to disperse; to evacuate; scattered; sparse |
| 碎 | suì | (transitive or intransitive) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 散.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扩散 (擴散) | kuò sàn | to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse |
| 分散 | fēn sàn | to scatter; to disperse |
| 解散 | jiě sàn | to dissolve; to disband |
| 散发 (散發) | sàn fā | to distribute; to emit; to give off |
| 散布 (散佈) | sàn bù | to disseminate |
| 散文 | sǎn wén | (broadly) prose (as opposed to verse); (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections |
See also: Japanese symbol for “scattered”.
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.