Japanese symbol for “lysis”
渙散
かんさん
Romaji: kansan
lysis
In Japanese, lysis is 渙散, read かんさん (kansan).
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Meanings
- n lysis (biol)
- vs to lyse (biol)
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大詔渙発 | たいしょうかんぱつ taishoukanpatsu | promulgation of an Imperial rescript |
| 渙然 | かんぜん kanzen | untied; undone |
| 風水渙 | ふうすいかん fuusuikan | huan (hexagram 59 of the I Ching: dispersion) |
| 解散 | かいさん kaisan | breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd) |
| 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 |
| 散々 | さんざん sanzan | thoroughly; completely; utterly |
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.