扇

Translingual

Han character

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

Derived characters

• 傓, 搧, 㮼, 煽, 𥔱, 謆, 𨃩, 䡪, 䥇(䦂), 騸(骟), 𠞛, 𦑗

References

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 戶 (“door”) + 羽 (“feather”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

扇

1. ^† leaf of door
2. fan (Classifier: 把 c)
3. Classifier for doors, windows and folding screens.

Synonyms

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

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 shān ge bùtíng.

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

   alt. forms: 煽 (for invigorating fire), 搧 (shān)

2. to incite; to instigate; to provoke

   alt. forms: 煽 (shān)

3. 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.

   I could give you a slap in the face.

   alt. forms: 搧 (shān)

Compounds

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Japanese

Shinjitai	扇
Kyūjitai	扇󠄁 扇+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	扇󠄃 扇+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

From Middle Chinese 扇 (MC syenH); compare Mandarin 扇 (shàn):

• Go-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 扇 (MC syen); compare Mandarin 扇 (shān):

• Go-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: おうぎ (ōgi, 扇, Jōyō)^{←あふぎ (afugi, 扇, historical)}; とびら (tobira, 扇); あおぐ (aogu, 扇ぐ); あおる (aoru, 扇る)
• Nanori: み (mi)

Compounds

Etymology

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

扇

Wikipedia ^ja

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Hand fan

Wikipedia

/afuɡi/ → */awuɡi/ → /auɡi/ → /ɔːɡi/ → /oːɡi/

Originally the continuative or noun stem form of verb 扇ぐ (aogu, “to fan, to wave something to create a breeze”). The change in vowels represents a regular historical sound shift. Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *aponki.

First cited to the late 900s.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おーぎ​ (Odaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

扇(おうぎ) • (ōgi) ^{←あふぎ (afugi)?}

1. fan (folding fan)

Derived terms

• 衵扇(あこめおうぎ) (akomeōgi)
• 蝙蝠(かわほり)扇(おうぎ) (kawahoriōgi, literally “bat fan”): a kind of folding paper fan
• 檜(ひ)扇(おうぎ) (hiōgi)

Related terms

• 扇(あお)ぐ (aogu, “to fan”)

References

Korean

Hanja

扇 (eumhun 부채 선 (buchae seon))

1. Hanja form^? of 선 (“fan”).

Compounds

• 선풍기 (扇風機, seonpunggi, “(electric) fan”)

Vietnamese

Han character

扇: Hán Nôm readings: phiến, thiên

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