洒

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to sprinkle; to spray; to spill; to shed

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 西 sound ( xī )

Components 氵西

spill · Heisig RSH #2611

水 water + Old West

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
洒水机	sǎ shuǐ jī	sprinkler
洒水车	sǎ shuǐ chē	sprinkler truck
布洒器	bù sǎ qì	disperser
挥洒自如	huī sǎ zì rú	(idiom) to do (sth) with great aplomb
洒狗血	sǎ gǒu xiě	to overreact; melodramatic
洒水	sǎ shuǐ	to sprinkle
洒家	sǎ jiā	(archaic) I; me (used by males during the Song and Yuan dynasties)
花洒	huā sǎ	showerhead; sprinkler
喷洒器	pēn sǎ qì	sprinkler; sprayer
洒布	sǎ bù	to spread
洒落	sǎ luò	to fall downward in a scattered, lightly sprinkled manner (as light, petals, leaves etc); …
洒满	sǎ mǎn	to sprinkle over sth
洋洋洒洒	yáng yáng sǎ sǎ	voluminous; flowing (of speeches, articles etc) (idiom)
洒脱	sǎ tuo	free and at ease; natural; unconstrained
脱洒	tuō sǎ	elegant; free and easy
挥毫洒墨	huī háo sǎ mò	to wield a writing brush (idiom)
喷洒	pēn sǎ	to spray; to sprinkle
飘洒	piāo sǎ	suave; graceful; fluent and elegant (calligraphy)
挥洒	huī sǎ	to sprinkle; to shed (tears, blood etc); fig. free, unconstrained; to write in a free styl…
抛洒	pāo sǎ	to drip; to flow out; to sprinkle

Characters sharing the sound component 西 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
西 sound part	xī	west, western, westward
晒	shài	to dry in the sun; to expose to the sun
栖	qī	perch, roost, to stay
牺	xī	to sacrifice, to give up, to die for a cause
茜	qiàn	reed, madder; Rubia cordifolia
溧	lì	a river in Anhui and Jiangsu provinces
哂	shěn	to smile; to laugh at; to sneer
恓	xī	vexed
硒	xī	selenium
舾	xī	equipment onboard a ship
垔	yīn	to restrain; to dam a stream and change its direction; a mound
粞	xī	ground rice; to thresh rice