Definitions

huàn to dissipate; to dissolve

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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About

The character "涣" derives from the water radical and the phonetic component "奐", evident in its traditional form "渙", which historically linked it to concepts of water dispersal. Its early meanings centered on the physical act of scattering or flowing, as with water spreading across a surface, but over time it acquired abstract applications, such as describing the dissolution of groups or the relief of mental burdens. The simplified version "涣" preserves the water radical while incorporating "奂" as a phonetic shorthand, a structural modification that left the character's fundamental connotations of dispersion and melting intact through its linguistic development.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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团队精神不能散。

Tuánduì jīngshén bù néng huànsàn.

Team spirit must not become lax.

人心散会导致项目失败。

Rénxīn huànsàn huì dǎozhì xiàngmù shībài.

Disunited hearts will lead to project failure.

经过沟通,他们的疑虑然冰释。

Jīngguò gōutōng, tāmen de yílǜ huànrán bīng shì.

After communication, their doubts melted away like ice.

公司管理散,效率很低。

Gōngsī guǎnlǐ huànsàn, xiàolǜ hěn dī.

The company's management is lax and inefficient.

昔日紧密的联盟现已散。

Xīrì jǐnmì de liánméng xiàn yǐ huànsàn.

The once tight alliance has now become disintegrated.

他的讲话散了大家的斗志。

Tā de jiǎnghuà huànsànle dàjiā de dòuzhì.

His speech sapped everyone's fighting spirit.

散的组织无法应对危机。

Huànsàn de zǔzhī wúfǎ yìngduì wēijī.

A disorganized group cannot cope with a crisis.

治理河流泛滥需要疏导散的水流。

Zhìlǐ héliú fànlàn xūyào shūdǎo huànsàn de shuǐliú.

Managing river flooding requires channeling the dispersed water flow.