灑
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sǎ · to pour, to spill

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22Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

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氵Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

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Example sentences

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Suǒ yǒu de niú nǎi dōu sǎ chū qù le.所有的牛奶都灑出去了。

All of the milk was spilled.

Source: Tatoeba #897292 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ sǎ le shén mó?你灑了什麼?

What did you spill?

Source: Tatoeba #10524019 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ zài yú shàng sǎ yán hé hú jiāo zuò diào wèi.我在魚上灑鹽和胡椒作調味。

I seasoned the fish with salt and pepper.

Source: Tatoeba #1223810 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Shuí bǎ qì shuǐ sǎ le?誰把汽水灑了?

Who spilled the soda?

Source: Tatoeba #13549600 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zài shāng kǒu shàng sǎ yán.在傷口上灑鹽。

Rub salt in the wound.

Source: Tatoeba #897283 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Luó bó jiāng yì zhěng hé niú nǎi sǎ zài lín dá tóu shàng.羅伯將一整盒牛奶灑在琳達頭上。

Robert dropped an entire carton of milk all over Linda's head.

Source: Tatoeba #13975205 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 灑 in context

  1. Say sǎ, then recall the core meaning: to pour, to spill.
  2. Write all 22 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 灑 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.