𢽳

sàn

scatter

Depicts trees () being struck () to make things fall off the tree and scatter.

Components
林 iconic component

  Iconic component

lín

  

forest

Depicts trees.

攵 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

tap

is a component form of .

Evolution

𢽳 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
𢽳 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
𢽳 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
𢽳 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

𢽳  

sàn

scatter; [variant of ]

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+22F73

Shuowen

“,分離也。从攴,从,,分之意也。”
Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.345-346



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