noun

Buddhist term.
  1. rite of scattering flowers.

noun, takes する, intransitive verb

Messages.form.
  1. glorious death (in battle), heroic death.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
散華 さんげ
散花 さんげ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

scatter, disperse, spend
サン ち.る ばら (4th, N3)
twenty(廿) variant
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)
splendor, flower, petal
カ はな ケ (8th, N1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
under, underneath, below
カ ゲ した
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)