How do you read 散り?

散り is read ちり (chiri), with atamadaka pitch accent (high first, then falls).

What JLPT level is 散り?

It is not on the standard JLPT lists.

How do you write 散り in romaji?

散り is written chiri in romaji.

散ちり

Q: How is 散り used in a sentence?

桜が散り始めてから、一週間も経たないうちに葉桜になった。 — Within a week after the cherry blossoms began to fall, they became leaf cherry trees.

ちり · chiri

verb

Displacement between two surfaces

squares (projection of the boards beyond the edges of the book block)
scattering, dispersal, falling (of blossoms, leaves, etc.)

Atamadaka

high first, then falls · what is pitch accent?

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Example sentences

桜が散り始めてから、一週間も経たないうちに葉桜になった。

さくらがちりはじめてから、いっしゅうかんもたたないうちにはざくらになった。

Within a week after the cherry blossoms began to fall, they became leaf cherry trees.

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散Scatter, Disperse, Spend 音さん訓ち.る・ち.らす JLPT N3 · 12 strokes

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Words that share a kanji

散るちるto fall, to scatter (e.g., blossoms)分散ぶんさんdispersion, decentralization, variance (statistics)解散かいさんbreakup, dissolution 散歩さんぽ (する)walk, stroll 拡散かくさんscattering, diffusion 散らすちらすto scatter, to disperse, to distribute

Questions

What does 散り mean?

Displacement between two surfaces. It can also mean: squares (projection of the boards beyond the edges of the book block); scattering, dispersal, falling (of blossoms, leaves, etc.).

How do you pronounce 散り?

ちり (chiri). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.

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