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散文

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
散文 sǎnwén	散文 \| 散文* \| *散文	(broadly) prose (as opposed to verse) / (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections	HSK 5

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
散	散 \| 散* \| *散	12画攴攵 + 8	sàn, sǎn	scatter, disperse, break up	saan3	4824.0 TBOK


文	文 \| 文* \| *文	4画文 + 0	wén, wèn	literature, culture, writing	man4	0040.0 YK

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
散文 sǎnwén	散文 \| 散文* \| *散文	(broadly) prose (as opposed to verse) / (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections


散 sàn	散 \| 散* \| *散	variant of 散


散 sǎn	散 \| 散* \| *散	scattered / loose / to come loose / to fall apart / leisurely / powdered medicine


散 sàn	散 \| 散* \| *散	to scatter / to break up (a meeting etc) / to disperse / to disseminate / to dispel / (coll.) to sack


文　Wén	文 \| 文* \| *文	surname Wen


文　wén	文 \| 文* \| *文	language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67