散 means “scatter, stroll”

さん · san

Also: disperse, spend, squander

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

ちる, ちらす, ちらかす, ちらかる, ちらばる

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

サン

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The story

Picture a hand (攵) striking a bundle until it flies apart. 散 scatters: cherry petals 散る in the spring wind, and on a 散歩, a stroll, your feet wander wherever they like.

Used in 散歩 (sanpo, walk/stroll), 散る (chiru, to scatter/fall), and 散らかる (chirakaru, to be messy)

Words with 散

• 散歩 (さんぽ, sanpo): walk / stroll

More from Coming & Going

• 浮 float
• 戻 go back
• 越 cross over
• 到 arrive
• 連 take along
• 向 face
• 放 release
• 残 remain
• 追 chase
• 落 fall
• 退 retreat
• 路 road

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.