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Zach

Readings

Kana: サン、サツ、ま.く
Romaji: san, satsu, ma.ku
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

scatter, sprinkle, give them the slip

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  15
Radical Number:  64
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  1-3-12
Korean Reading:  sal
Chinese Reading:  sa1
Unicode:  6492
JIS:  3B35

Indexes

Halpern Index: 736
Nelson Index: 1998
New Nelson Index: 2279
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3c12.2
Four Corner Index: 5804.0
Daikanwanjiten Index: 12697
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0379
Remembering the kanji Index: 2271
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 670
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2369
Kodansha Kanji Index: 909

Words

撒く (まく)
to scatter; to sprinkle; to strew; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off; to shake off; to lose
撒布剤 (さっぷざい)
dusting powder
水撒き (みずまき)
watering; sprinkling
散布 (さんぷ、さっぷ)
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
豆まき (まめまき)
sowing beans (or pulses, etc.); scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits)
ばら撒く (ばらまく)
to disseminate; to scatter; to broadcast; to give money freely; to strew
打ちまける (ぶちまける)
to throw out (everything); to tell frankly; to confess
振り撒く (ふりまく)
to scatter; to sprinkle; to lavish
散水 (さんすい、さっすい)
sprinkling water over; irrigating
愛きょうを振りまく (あいきょうをふりまく)
to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant
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