This logogram is of ideographic origin and it was designed to evoke:

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

  • 撒 to disperse, to let go, to relax sā
    • 扌 hand shǒu
    • 散 to scatter, to disperse, to break up sàn
      • 攵 to rap, to tap; script; to let go pū

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