Components
撒く is an exact match with one form of the following word:
まく
BOOST
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to scatter; to sprinkle; to strew
2. to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.)
3. to give the slip; to throw off; to shake off; to lose
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 91,089 which gives a rank of 7,154
まく is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 46,000 (about 10,700,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1844 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
かれ
てがみ
手紙
こなごな
粉々
いて
まど
からばら
いた

He tore up his letter into small bits and threw them out the window.
かれ
ホース
つか
使
って
にわ
みず
いていました

He was watering his garden with a hose.
のうぎょうか
農業家
こむぎ
小麦
たね
はたけ
いた

The farmer seeded the field with wheat.
撒く
BOOST
Reading : まく   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 95,000 (about 2,130,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 14369
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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to scatter   
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サン   ちらす to scatter, to distribute   ちらかす to scatter around   ちらかる to be in disorder   ち to fall (leaves etc)   
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ぼく strike   
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
キョウ   とも together   
hand
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