扇

See also: 煽 and 搧

扇	U+6247, 扇 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6247

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[U+6246]

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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

trad.		扇
simp. ^#		扇
alternative forms		搧煽

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (扇) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
扇	hljen, hljens
煽	hljen, hljens
傓	*hljens

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shàn (shan⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): san

(Meixian, Guangdong): san⁴
Jin (Wiktionary): san³
Northern Min (KCR): si̿ng
Eastern Min (BUC): siéng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sìⁿ / siàn

(Teochew, Peng'im): sin³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shàn
  - Wade–Giles: shan⁴
  - Yale: shàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shann
  - Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sin³
  - Yale: sin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: san
  - Hakka Romanization System: san
  - Hagfa Pinyim: san⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /san⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: san⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /san⁵³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: san³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /sæ̃⁴⁵/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: si̿ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ³³/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: siéng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɛŋ²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìⁿ / siàn
  - Tâi-lô: sìnn / siàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svix, siexn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sĩ²¹/, /siɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sĩ⁴¹/, /siɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sĩ²¹/, /siɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sĩ¹¹/, /siɛn¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sĩ²¹/, /siɛn²¹/

Note:

sìⁿ - vernacular;
siàn - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: sin³
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sìⁿ
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /sĩ²¹³/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 扇 (扇子)
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂan⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʂan⁵³/
	Tianjin	/ʂan⁵³/ /san⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʂã²¹/
	Qingdao	/ʃã⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂan³¹²/
	Xi'an	/ʂã⁴⁴/
	Xining	/ʂã²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/ʂan¹³/
	Lanzhou	/ʂɛ̃n¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ʂan²¹³/
	Wuhan	/san³⁵/
	Chengdu	/san¹³/
	Guiyang	/san²¹³/
	Kunming	/ʂã̠³¹/
	Nanjing	/ʂaŋ⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/ʂæ̃⁵³/ /ʂən⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/sæ̃⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/ʂɑŋ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/sæ̃⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/sø³⁵/
	Suzhou	/sø⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/sz̩ʷõ⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/ɕi⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/ɕye³²⁴/
Hui	Tunxi	/ɕiɛ⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʂə̃⁵⁵/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ɕyẽ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/sɛn⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/san⁵³/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/ʃɑn⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sin²²/
	Nanning	/sin³³/
	Hong Kong	/sin³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/sian²¹/ /sĩ²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/siɛŋ²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/siŋ³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/sĩ²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/ti³⁵/

Middle Chinese: syenH

Rime
Character	扇
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	式戰切
Baxter	syenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇn^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛn^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕian^H/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛn^H/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛn^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛn^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[l̥][a][r]-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*hljens/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	扇
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shàn
Middle Chinese	‹ syen^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[l̥][a][r]-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. [t] 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”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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
Jin	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)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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
Lanyin Mandarin	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
Gan	Pingxiang	扇
Hakka	Meixian	扇, 皮
	Yudu	扇
	Hong Kong	隻
	Senai (Huiyang)	扇
Jin	Taiyuan	扇, 道
Jin	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
Xiang	Shuangfeng	扇

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shān (shan¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sin³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): san
Eastern Min (BUC): siéng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sìⁿ / siàn

(Teochew, Peng'im): siang³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shān
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shan
  - Wade–Giles: shan¹
  - Yale: shān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shan
  - Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: sin³
  - Yale: sin
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sin³
  - Guangdong Romanization: xin³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːn³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: san
  - Hakka Romanization System: san
  - Hagfa Pinyim: san⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /san⁵⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: siéng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siɛŋ²¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìⁿ / siàn
  - Tâi-lô: sìnn / siàn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: svix, siexn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sĩ²¹/, /siɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sĩ⁴¹/, /siɛn⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sĩ²¹/, /siɛn²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sĩ¹¹/, /siɛn¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sĩ²¹/, /siɛn²¹/

Note:

sìⁿ - vernacular;
siàn - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: siang³
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siàng
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ²¹³/

Middle Chinese: syen

Rime
Character	扇
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	式連切
Baxter	syen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕian/
Li Rong	/ɕiɛn/
Wang Li	/ɕĭɛn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin¹

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*hljen/

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. [Pinyin]
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. [Pinyin]
I could give you a slap in the face.

alt. forms: 搧 (shān)

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 扇 – see 煽 (“to fan; to invigorate fire; to incite; to instigate; to provoke”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 煽).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Shinjitai	扇
Kyūjitai ^[1]^[2]	扇󠄁 扇+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	扇󠄃 扇+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

扇

(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

Kanji in this term
扇
おうぎ Grade: S
kun'yomi

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”).^[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

(Tokyo) おーぎ [òógíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])^[5]
IPA^(key): [o̞ːɡʲi]

Noun

扇(おうぎ) • (ōgi) ^{←あふぎ (afugi)^?}

[from late 900s] fan (folding fan)

Derived terms

扇葛(オウギカズラ) (ōgikazura)
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

^ “扇”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024
^ 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]‎^[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ “扇”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[3] (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

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

Vietnamese

Han character

扇: Hán Nôm readings: phiến, thiên

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[1] “扇”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2024

[2] 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)

[KDJ2-3] 3.0 ^3.1 “扇”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[DDJS-4] “扇”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[3] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months

[DJR-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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