扇
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fan; sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth; classifier for doors, windows etc
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,605 U+6247
How 扇 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A feathered 羽 fan in the shape of a folding door 户
How to remember it
fan · Heisig RSH #2157
户 door + 羽 feathers
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 扇 as their sound component
These characters all use 扇 (shàn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 扇 sound component | shàn | fan; panel; to flap |
| 骟 | shàn | to castrate, to geld |
Words containing 扇
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 金头扇尾莺 | jīn tóu shàn wěi yīng | (bird species of China) golden-headed cisticola (Cisticola exilis) |
| 无叶风扇 | wú yè fēng shàn | bladeless fan |
| 电风扇 | diàn fēng shàn | electric fan; CL:架[jia4],臺|台[tai2] |
| 落地扇 | luò dì shàn | pedestal fan; stand fan |
| 引导扇区 | yǐn dǎo shàn qū | boot sector |
| 排气扇 | pái qì shàn | exhaust fan |
| 白眉扇尾鹟 | bái méi shàn wěi wēng | (bird species of China) white-browed fantail (Rhipidura aureola) |
| 黄腹扇尾鹟 | huáng fù shàn wěi wēng | (bird species of China) yellow-bellied fantail; yellow-bellied fairy fantail (Chelidorhynx… |
| 六扇门 | liù shàn mén | seat of the government; yamen; (in wuxia stories) special police force |
| 扇子 | shàn zi | fan; CL:把[ba3] |
| 白喉扇尾鹟 | bái hóu shàn wěi wēng | (bird species of China) white-throated fantail (Rhipidura albicollis) |
| 扇区 | shàn qū | disk sector (computing) |
| 扇动 | shān dòng | to fan; to flap; to incite; to instigate (a strike etc) |
| 电扇 | diàn shàn | electric fan |
| 扇风 | shān fēng | to fan oneself; to fan (sb) |
| 风扇 | fēng shàn | electric fan |
| 门扇 | mén shàn | door; the opening panel of a door |
| 合扇 | hé shàn | (dialect) hinge |
| 棕扇尾莺 | zōng shàn wěi yīng | (bird species of China) zitting cisticola (Cisticola juncidis) |
| 台扇 | tái shàn | table fan; desk fan |