• 864th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 128 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. sǎn (san3)leisurely • loosen • powdered medicine • to scatter • to come loose
2. sàn (san4)to break up (of couples) • to distribute • to let out • to fire or discharge (sb)

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

不见不散 (不見不散)
扩散 (擴散)
散户 (散戶)
散步 
散发 (散發)

Uncommon

不欢而散 (不歡而散)
分散 
吹散 
失散 
懒散 (懶散)
拆散 
散伙 
散布 (散佈)
散场 (散場)
散失 
散学 (散學)
散心 
散打 
散播 
散散步 
散文 
散会 (散會)
散架 
散漫 
散热 (散熱)
散尽 (散盡)
散粉 
散落 
散装 (散裝)
散开 (散開)
消散 
烟消云散 (煙消雲散)
疏散 
发散 (發散)
聚散 
解散 
走散 
闲散 (閑散)
离散 (離散)
飘散 (飄散)
驱散 (驅散)
松散 (鬆散)

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  • 1496th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 95 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. fěn (fen3)powder • cosmetic face powder • food prepared from starch • noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour • whitewash • white • pink

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for fěn (fen3)The component is pronounced as 'fēn' (fen1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for fěn (fen3)The component is pronounced as 'fèn' (fen4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

粉红 (粉紅)
粉丝 (粉絲)

Uncommon

奶粉 
散粉 
河粉 
洗衣粉 
凉粉 (涼粉)
淀粉 (澱粉)
生粉 
米粉 
粉刺 
粉底 
粉末 
粉碎 
粉笔 (粉筆)
粉红色 (粉紅色)
粉色 
粉饰 (粉飾)
粉饼 (粉餅)
糯米粉 
胡椒粉 
肠粉 (腸粉)
花粉 
面粉 (麵粉)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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