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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
Old Chinese
扇
*hljen, *hljens
煽
*hljen, *hljens
傓
*hljens
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意 ): 戶 ( “ door ” ) + 羽 ( “ feather ” ) .
Etymology 1
Pronunciation 1
Note :
sìⁿ - vernacular;
siàn - literary.
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
扇
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
shàn
Middle Chinese
‹ syenH ›
Old Chinese
/*-s/
English
leaf of door (: fan?)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
扇
Reading #
2/2
No.
11079
Phonetic component
扇
Rime group
元
Rime subdivision
2
Corresponding MC rime
扇
Old Chinese
/*hljens/
Definitions
扇
† leaf of door
fan (Classifier : 把 c )
Classifier for doors , windows and folding screens .
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
扇子 (“fan”)
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
扇
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
扇子
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
扇子
Taiwan
扇子
Harbin
扇子
Singapore
扇子
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
扇子
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
扇子
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
扇子
Wanrong
扇子
Xi'an
扇子
Xining
扇子
Xuzhou
扇子
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
扇子
Lanzhou
扇子
Ürümqi
扇子 , 扇兒
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
扇子
Wuhan
扇子
Guiyang
扇子
Guilin
扇子
Liuzhou
扇子
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
扇兒 , 扇子
Yangzhou
扇子
Hefei
扇子
Cantonese
Guangzhou
扇
Hong Kong
扇
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
扇
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
扇
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
扇
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
扇
Macau
扇
Guangzhou (Panyu)
扇
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
扇
Guangzhou (Conghua)
扇
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
扇
Foshan
扇
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
扇
Foshan (Shunde)
扇
Foshan (Sanshui)
扇
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
扇
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
扇
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
扇
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
扇
Zhuhai (Doumen)
扇
Jiangmen (Baisha)
扇
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
扇
Taishan
扇
Kaiping (Chikan)
扇
Enping (Niujiang)
扇
Heshan (Yayao)
扇
Dongguan
扇
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
扇
Shaoguan
扇
Yunfu
扇
Yangjiang
扇
Xinyi
扇
Lianjiang
扇
Nanning
扇
Wuzhou
扇
Yulin
扇
Hepu (Lianzhou)
扇
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
扇
Gan
Nanchang
扇子
Lichuan
扇
Pingxiang
扇子
Hakka
Meixian
扇仔
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
扇
Dongguan (Qingxi)
扇
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
扇
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
扇
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
提扇
Yudu
扇子
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
扇仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
扇仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
扇仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
扇
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
扇仔 , 扇
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
扇
Hong Kong
扇
Luchuan (Daqiao)
扇子
Senai (Huiyang)
扇
Huizhou
Jixi
扇
Jin
Taiyuan
扇子
Xinzhou
扇子
Northern Min
Jian'ou
扇
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
扇 , 蒲扇
Southern Min
Xiamen
扇 , 扇仔
Quanzhou
扇
Zhangzhou
扇
Taipei
葵扇
New Taipei (Sanxia)
扇
Kaohsiung
葵扇
Yilan
扇 , 葵扇
Changhua (Lukang)
扇 , 葵扇
Taichung
葵扇
Tainan
扇 , 葵扇
Hsinchu
扇 , 葵扇
Kinmen
扇 , 葵扇
Penghu (Magong)
扇 , 葵扇
Penang (Hokkien)
扇
Singapore (Hokkien)
葵扇
Manila (Hokkien)
葵扇
Pingnan (Shangdu)
扇
Chaozhou
扇
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
扇
Leizhou
扇
Haikou
扇
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
扇
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
扇
Northern Pinghua
Guilin (Dahe)
扇
Wu
Shanghai
扇子
Shanghai (Chongming)
扇子
Suzhou
扇子
Danyang
扇子
Hangzhou
扇子
Ningbo
扇子
Wenzhou
扇
Jinhua
扇
Xiang
Changsha
扇子
Loudi
扇子 , 扇
Shuangfeng
扇子
Quanzhou
扇子 , 扇
Dialectal synonyms of
扇 (“(classifier for doors)”)
Variety
Location
Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
扇 , 道
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
扇兒
Taiwan
扇
Singapore
扇
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
扇
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
扇 , 道
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
扇
Xi'an
扇兒 , 扇 , 道
Xining
扇 , 道
Xuzhou
扇兒 , 扇 , 道
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
扇
Ürümqi
道
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
扇 , 道
Wuhan
扇 , 道
Guiyang
扇
Guilin
扇
Liuzhou
扇 , 道
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
扇
Yangzhou
扇
Hefei
扇
Cantonese
Guangzhou
度
Hong Kong
度
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
隻
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
度
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
隻
Taishan
度
Dongguan
度
Yangjiang
扇
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
扇
Gan
Nanchang
扇
Pingxiang
扇
Hakka
Meixian
扇 , 皮
Yudu
扇
Hong Kong
隻
Senai (Huiyang)
扇
Jin
Taiyuan
扇 , 道
Xinzhou
扇
Northern Min
Jian'ou
扇
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
扇
Southern Min
Xiamen
扇
Quanzhou
扇
Zhangzhou
扇
Taipei (Wanhua)
扇
Kaohsiung
片
Yilan
扇
Changhua (Lukang)
扇
Taichung
片
Taichung (Wuqi)
扇
Tainan
片 , 扇
Taitung
片
Hsinchu
片
Penghu (Magong)
扇
Chaozhou
片
Jieyang
片
Bangkok (Teochew)
片
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
扇
Singapore (Teochew)
片
Leizhou
奇
Haikou
片
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
扇
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
扇
Wu
Shanghai
扇
Suzhou
扇
Ningbo
扇
Wenzhou
爿
Xiang
Changsha
扇 , 張 , 隻
Shuangfeng
扇
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
Note :
sìⁿ - vernacular;
siàn - literary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
扇
Reading #
1/2
No.
11077
Phonetic component
扇
Rime group
元
Rime subdivision
2
Corresponding MC rime
羶
Old Chinese
/*hljen/
Definitions
扇
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 )
to incite ; to instigate ; to provoke
alt. forms: 煽 ( shān )
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
For pronunciation and definitions of 扇 – see 搧 (“to fan ; to flap ; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 搧 ).Notes:
Japanese
Kanji
扇
(Jōyō kanji )
Readings
From Middle Chinese 扇 (MC syenH ); compare Mandarin 扇 ( shàn ) :
From Middle Chinese 扇 (MC syen ); compare Mandarin 扇 ( shān ) :
From native Japanese roots:
Compounds
Etymology
/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 ” ) .[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] The change in vowels represents a regular historical sound shift. Ultimately from Proto-Japonic *aponki .
First cited to the late 900s.[ 3]
Pronunciation
Noun
扇( おうぎ ) • (ōgi ) ←あふぎ ( afugi ) ?
fan (folding fan)
Derived terms
References
^ “扇 ”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia ] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation , 2015–2025
^ Haga, Gōtarō (1914 ) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary ] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō : Kōbunsha, →DOI , page 922 (paper), page 511 (digital)
↑ 3.0 3.1 “扇 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten ] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo : Shogakukan , 2006
^ “扇 ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen ] (in Japanese), Tōkyō : Shogakukan , updated roughly every four months
↑ 5.0 5.1 Matsumura, Akira , editor (2006 ), 大辞林 [Daijirin ] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo : Sanseidō , →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
扇 (eumhun 부채 선 ( buchae seon ) )
hanja form? of 선 ( “ fan ” )
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
扇 : Hán Nôm readings: phiến , thiên
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