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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 詞
散佈 word · TOCFL C1 (est.)
散佈 ＝ 散 ＋ 佈
ㄙㄢˋ ㄅㄨˋ · sànbù
verb — to scatter, to spread widely (rumors, seeds, a population)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

散to scatter (分散)sàn
佈to spread out (分佈)bù亻 added to 布 for this spreading-out verb
散佈，分散的散，散佈的佈。
關 · Related
散布sànbùorthographic twin — 布 is the orthodox glyph, 佈 the 亻-added form分佈fēnbùspread across a range — where things sit, the same 佈