Chinese Character Wiki

扇

shàn, shān

fan

A feathered 羽 fan in the shape of a folding door 户

Components
户 meaning component

户  Meaning component

hù

  

door

羽 meaning component

羽  Meaning component

yǔ

  

feather

Evolution

扇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
扇 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
扇 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
扇 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
扇 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

扇  

shàn

fan; door panel; sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth; classifier for doors, windows etc

扇  

shān

to fan; to slap sb on the face

Most common words with 扇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

扇

fan

风扇

electric fan

扇子

fan

扇贝

scallop (genus Pecten)

电风扇

electric fan

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

煽

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

煽 骟

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

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syenH

shàn

leaf of door (: fan?)


Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 13.4391% of movies

1781st most common character in movies

1993rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+6247

Shuowen

“扇，扉也。从戶，从翄聲。”


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