Keyword
to spill
- to pour
- to scatter
- to shed
- to wipe away
- Frequency
- #2528
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
sǎ
Mnemonic
氵 (water) gives the meaning and 西 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
潇洒
confident and at ease; free and easy
洒
to sprinkle; to spray; to spill; to shed
洒脱
free and at ease; natural; unconstrained
喷洒
to spray; to sprinkle
挥洒
to sprinkle; to shed (tears, blood etc); fig. free, unconstrained; to write in a free style
洒水
to sprinkle
洒落
to fall downward in a scattered, lightly sprinkled manner (as light, petals, leaves etc); (literary) carefree and unrestrained; natural and elegant
洒家
(archaic) I; me (used by males during the Song and Yuan dynasties)
洒满
to sprinkle over sth
抛洒
to drip; to flow out; to sprinkle
飘洒
suave; graceful; fluent and elegant (calligraphy)
花洒
showerhead; sprinkler
洋洋洒洒
voluminous; flowing (of speeches, articles etc) (idiom)
洒水车
sprinkler truck
挥洒自如
(idiom) to do (sth) with great aplomb
洒狗血
to overreact; melodramatic