Memory phrase for the character: 撒

撒

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Meaning

to let go, to cast, discharge, scatter, sprinkle

Pronunciation

sā, sǎ

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: to disperse, scatter 散 (Together 共 in the moonshine 月 to strike 攵/攴 and then disperse.)

Mnemonic
 
When you use your hand to disperse, this means: 'to let go'.

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
共 together; common
攴 rap, strikeShows originally a hand 又 with a whip 卜. It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: 又寸廾爫手扌彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳




 Vocabulary

耶路撒冷 Yē lù sā lěng  Jerusalem, capital of Israel
撒谎 sā huǎng  to tell lies
撒播 sǎ bō  to sow (seeds by scattering); scatter sowing
撒娇 sā jiāo  act like a spoiled child; throw a tantrum; act coquettishly
撒丫子 sā yā zi  (dialect) to rush off; to scamper off double-quick; to take to one's heels; to make oneself scarce
盎格鲁撒克逊 Àng gé lǔ Sā kè xùn  Anglo-Saxon (people)
恺撒 Kǎi sǎ  Caesar (name); Gaius Julius Caesar 100-42 BC; by extension, emperor, Kaiser, Tsar
裘力斯・恺撒 Qiú lì sī · Kǎi sǎ  Julius Caesar, 1599 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亚
裘力斯・恺撒 Qiú lì sī · Kǎi sǎ  

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