㪔

㪔	U+3A94, 㪔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-3A94

Translingual

Han character

㪔 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 木木卜水 (DDYE), composition ⿰林攴)

(same as 散) scatter, disperse, break up or separate for a time, dismiss

Derived characters

𢴻, 𣀙, 𣀧

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 472, character 32
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1464, character 3
Unihan data for U+3A94

Chinese

simp. and trad.		㪔
alternative forms		㪔𢽳𢿷

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 林 (“trees, forest”) + 攴 (“to knock, to tap”), also written with hemp stalks 𣏟 (> 𢽳) or bamboo 竹 instead of two trees. The original meanings are "to clear a place from vegetation; to kill". The character later started meaning "to dissipate, to disperse" since bamboo in particular breaks easily into pieces; eventually, the meaning shifted to "to walk around, to stroll".

This character is the original form of 散, originally written as 𣀙 as seen in the Shuowen Jiezi.

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjwar ~ g/b-sjwa-n/t (“flow; pour; scatter; spill; sow; broadcast”). Cognate with 撒 (OC *saːd, “to cast away; to let go”), 宣 (OC *sqʰon, “to spread; to proclaim”), Tibetan འཆོར་བ ('chor ba, “to escape; to flow out”), Burmese သွန် (swan, “to pour out; to spill”), Lahu šē (“to sow; to broadcast”), Lahu šêʔ (“to pour; to spill; to disperse; to sow; to broadcast”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sàn (san⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saan³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sàn
  - Wade–Giles: san⁴
  - Yale: sàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sann
  - Palladius: сань (sanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: saan³
  - Yale: saan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: san³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːn³³/

Definitions

㪔

to clear a place from vegetation
to kill