The word 潇洒 is formed by combining the character 潇, which originally refers to the sound of wind and rain and evokes imagery of deep, clear water suggesting purity and lack of constraint, with the character 洒, meaning to sprinkle or scatter, extended to imply a free, effortless, and unburdened manner; their semantic contributions merge to denote a person's natural, unrestrained, and elegantly casual demeanor.