to lie scattered (over an area); Taiwan pr. [san4 luo4]
散 · 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…
落 · 12 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 洛 represents the sound.