扇

See also: 煽

Translingual

Han character

扇 (radical 63 戶+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹尸尸一一 (HSSMM), 戈尸尸一一 (ISSMM), four-corner 3022₇, composition ⿸戶羽, ⿸户羽, ⿸戸羽)

1. fan
2. door panel

Derived characters

• 煽

References

• KangXi: page 416, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11743
• Dae Jaweon: page 761, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2263, character 6
• Unihan data for U+6247

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		扇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàn (shan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): san

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: shàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ
    • Wade-Giles: shan⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shann
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂa̠n⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin³
    • Yale: sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin³
    • IPA ^(key): /siːn³³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: san
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /san⁵⁵/

Noun

扇

1. fan

Classifier

扇

1. classifier for doors, windows

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shān (shan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sin³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): san

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: shān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ
    • Wade-Giles: shan¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shan
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂa̠n⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sin³
    • Yale: sin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sin³
    • IPA ^(key): /siːn³³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: san
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /san⁵⁵/

Verb

扇

1. to fan

   • 因為大廳裡很熱，她扇個不停。 [MSC, trad.]

     因为大厅里很热，她扇个不停。 [MSC, simp.]

     Yīnwèi dàtīng lǐ hěn rè, tā shàn ge bùtíng. [Pinyin]

     As the hall was very hot, she kept fanning herself all the time.

2. to slap (somebody on the face)

   • 我真想扇你一個耳光。 [MSC, trad.]

     我真想扇你一个耳光。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wǒ zhēn xiǎng shān nǐ yī ge ěrguāng. [Pinyin]

     I could give you a slap in the face.

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Japanese

Kanji

扇

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: せん (sen)
• Kun: おうぎ (ougi)

Noun

扇 (hiragana おうぎ, romaji ōgi)

1. fan (folding fan)

Compounds

• 扇子 (せんす) (sensu)
• 団扇 (うちわ) (uchiwa)
• 鉄扇 (てっせん) (tessen)

Related terms

• 扇 (あお)ぐ (aogu, “to fan”)

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Korean

Hanja

扇 (seon) (hangeul 선, revised seon, McCune-Reischauer sŏn, Yale sen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

扇 (phiến, thiên, võ, vũ, xuân)

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