Japanese symbol for “dispersal”
解散
かいさん
Romaji: kaisan
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd)
In Japanese, dispersal is 解散, read かいさん (kaisan).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd)
- n, vi, vs dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; disbandment; split-up
- n, vi, vs dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “dispersal”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 退散 | たいさん taisan | dispersal; breaking up |
| 飛散 | ひさん hisan | scattering (e.g. dust in the wind, enemies before an assault); dispersal; flying off (in all directions) |
| 散開 | さんかい sankai | deployment; spreading out; dispersal |
| 疎開 | そかい sokai | spreading out (troops); deployment; dispersal |
| 散り | ちり chiri | scattering; dispersal; falling (of blossoms, leaves, etc.) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 理解 | りかい rikai | understanding; comprehension; appreciation |
| 解決 | かいけつ kaiketsu | settlement; solution; resolution |
| 解説 | かいせつ kaisetsu | explanation; commentary; exposition |
| 解放 | かいほう kaihou | release; unleashing; liberation |
| 解除 | かいじょ kaijo | termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding |
| 散歩 | さんぽ sanpo | walk; stroll |
| 分散 | ぶんさん bunsan | dispersion; breakup; scattering |
| 拡散 | かくさん kakusan | spreading; disseminating; scattering |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.