to scatter; to disperse; to distribute
分 (fēn) · 4 strokes
Depicts a knife (刀) being used to cut two things apart (八).
散 (sàn) · 12 strokes
Originally written as 𢽳, which depicted trees (林) being struck (攵) to make things fall off the tree and scatter. The character 斝 was sometimes confused with the character 散, and a corruption of it vi…