撒

scatter

Stroke count: 15

Readings

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Verbs with «撒»

Meanings

scatter
彼は手紙を粉々に引き裂いて窓からばら撒いた。He tore up his letter into small bits and threw them out the window.tatoeba
彼はホースを使って庭に水を撒いていました。He was watering his garden with a hose.tatoeba
sprinkleRtK
give them the slip

to scatter
to sprinkle
to strew
to distribute (flyers, etc.)
to give out

Radicals and components

Radical手hand 扌variant

Components

How it's built

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Compound words

to scatter; to sprinkle; to strew; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out

ばら撒くばらまく

to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to broadcast; to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets)

撒水さんすい

sprinkling water over

撒菱まきびし

caltrop (spiked device scattered to maim infantry and horses)

得撒テキサス

徳撒テキサス

(Catholic) Mass

撒き餌まきえ

scattered animal feed

撒き菱まきびし

caltrop (spiked device scattered to maim infantry and horses)

撒哈拉サハラ

撒奇莱雅サキザヤ

Sakizaya (people)

ぶち撒けるぶちまける

to dump (e.g. onto the floor)

ブチ撒けるぶちまける

to dump (e.g. onto the floor)

撒き散らすまきちらす

打ち撒けるぶちまける

to dump (e.g. onto the floor)

愛嬌を振り撒くあいきょうをふりまく

to make oneself pleasant to everybody

Additional Examples

床一面に新聞紙が撒き散らされていた。

Newspapers lay scattered all over the floor.tatoeba

農業家が小麦の種を畑に撒いた。

The farmer seeded the field with wheat.tatoeba

Stroke Order

15 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 撒

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step