散 is also the simplified spelling of 㪚.
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散
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- 散
- sàn · scatter, disperse, break up
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Mandarin tones
3 · san3
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Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.
Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 29 senses · 2 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
saan2 · saan3
Cantonese word readings for 散. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- free and unfettered
- natural and restrained; at ease
- loose; free
- to become loose; to break apart; to fall apart
- scattered; fragmentary; odd; apart; sporadic; temporary
- mixed and disorderly; miscellaneous; random
- (literature) free from parallelism
- careless; incautious; inattentive
- ordinary; useless
- (traditional Chinese medicine) medicine in powder form
- (Hokkien) to sprinkle; to spread (such as salt, powder, wood, ashes, medicinal powder, sawdust, fuel, etc.)
- (Quanzhou and Tong'an Hokkien) to put on the fire (such as wood or fuel)
- (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to gobble; to devour; to gorge
- (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) casually; at random; carelessly; haphazardly; randomly; as one pleases; without restraint or goal
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- to break up; to disperse; to scatter
- to distribute; to disseminate
- to open; to open wide
- to dissipate; to distract; to find diversion
- to run away; to escape; to flee
- to express; to declare; to explain
- to end; to finish; to be over
- to lose; to miss
- to herd; to graze; to walk (animals)
- chaotic; helter-skelter
- (Hokkien) to induce sweat
- (Hokkien) buttoned; fastened with a Chinese button knot or button; buckled; clasped
- (Mainland China Hokkien) courageous; fearless
- (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Philippine Hokkien) to stroll; to saunter; to go for a walk
- (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) poor
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