撒

2 readings · tap one to hear it

to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to; (coll.) to pee

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

To scatter 散 seeds by hand 扌; 散 also provides the pronunciation

Components 扌散

scatter · Heisig RSH #975

fingers + 散 scattered

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
积石山保安族东乡族撒拉族自治县	Jī shí shān Bǎo ān zú Dōng xiāng zú Sā lā zú Zì zhì xiàn	Jishishan Bonan, Dongxiang and Salar Autonomous County, in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefectur…
撒马利亚	Sā mǎ lì yà	Samaria
撒手不管	sā shǒu bù guǎn	to stand aside and do nothing (idiom); to take no part in
撒马尔干	Sā mǎ ěr gān	Samarkand, Uzbekistan
撒哈拉人	Sā hā lā rén	Sahrawi (person)
撒哈拉以南	Sā hā lā yǐ nán	sub-Saharan
以利亚撒	Yǐ lì yà sā	Eleazar (son of Eluid)
西撒哈拉	Xī Sā hā lā	Western Sahara
撒切尔夫人	Sā qiē ěr Fū ren	Mrs Thatcher; Baroness Thatcher or Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), British conservative pol…
撒拉语	Sā lā yǔ	Salar, language of Salar ethnic group of Qinghai province
拉撒路	Lā sā lù	Lazarus (Protestant transliteration)
撒拉族	Sā lā zú	Salar ethnic group
尼布甲尼撒	Ní bù jiǎ ní sā	Nebuchadnezzar
撒哈拉以南非洲	Sā hā lā yǐ nán Fēi zhōu	sub-Saharan Africa
撒西米	sā xī mǐ	sashimi (loanword)
撒母耳记上	Sā mǔ ěr jì shàng	First book of Samuel
撒母耳记下	Sā mǔ ěr jì xià	Second book of Samuel
撒拉铁	Sā lā tiě	Shealtiel (son of Jeconiah)
西属撒哈拉	Xī shǔ Sā hā lā	Spanish Sahara (former Spanish colony in Africa)
循化撒拉族自治县	Xún huà Sā lā zú Zì zhì xiàn	Xunhua Salar Autonomous County, in Haidong City 海東市\|海东市[Hai3 dong1 Shi4], Qinghai