# 扇

| 扇 | U+6247, &#25159; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6247 |
| ← 扆 [U+6246] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 扈 → [U+6248] |

## 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 3022$_7$, 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

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shàn (shan$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sin$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): san
    (Meixian, Guangdong): san$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): san$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): si̿ng
* Eastern Min (BUC): siéng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sìⁿ / siàn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): sin$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shàn
*** Wade–Giles: shan$^4$
*** Yale: shàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shann
*** Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂän⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sin$^3$
*** Yale: sin
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sin$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xin$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːn³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: san
*** Hakka Romanization System: san
*** Hagfa Pinyim: san$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /san⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: san$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /san⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: san$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /sæ̃⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: si̿ng
*** Sinological IPA : /siŋ³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: siéng
*** Sinological IPA : /siɛŋ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: sìnn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: svix
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /sĩ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /sĩ¹¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /sĩ⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàn
*** Tâi-lô: siàn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: siexn
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung): /siɛn²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /siɛn⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /siɛn¹¹/
* sìⁿ - vernacular (“leaf of door; fan; classifier”);
* siàn - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit扇 (扇子) |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʂan⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ʂan⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /ʂan⁵³/ /san⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʂã²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʃã⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʂan³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /ʂã⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ʂã²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /ʂan¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ʂɛ̃n¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ʂan²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /san³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /san¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /san²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ʂã̠³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /ʂaŋ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /ʂæ̃⁵³/ /ʂən⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /sæ̃⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /ʂɑŋ³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /sæ̃⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /sø³⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /sø⁵¹³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /sz̩ʷõ⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | 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/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /sin³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /sin³³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /sian²¹/ /sĩ²¹/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /siɛŋ²¹²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /siŋ³³/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /sĩ²¹³/ |
| Min | 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 | sin$^3$ |
* 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
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) leaf of door
* fan (Classifier: 把 c)
* Classifier for doors, windows and folding screens.

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 扇 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 扇子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 扇子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 扇子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 扇子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 扇子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 扇子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 扇子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 扇子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 扇子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 扇子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 扇子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 扇子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 扇子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 扇子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 扇子, 扇兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 扇子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 扇子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 扇子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 扇子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 扇子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 扇兒, 扇子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 扇子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 扇子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 扇 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 扇子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 扇 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 扇子 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 扇仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 扇 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 扇 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 扇 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 扇 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 提扇 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 扇子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 扇仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 扇仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 扇仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 扇 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 扇仔, 扇 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 扇 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 扇 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 扇子 |
| Hakka | 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 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 葵扇 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 葵扇 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 扇, 葵扇 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 扇, 葵扇 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 葵扇 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 扇, 葵扇 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 扇, 葵扇 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 扇, 葵扇 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 扇, 葵扇 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 葵扇 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 葵扇 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 扇 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 扇 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 扇 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 扇 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 扇子 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 扇子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 扇子 |
| Wu | Danyang | 扇子 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 扇子 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 扇子 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 扇 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 扇 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 扇子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 扇子, 扇 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 扇子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 扇子, 扇 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 扇, 道 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 扇兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 扇 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 扇 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 扇 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 扇, 道 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 扇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 扇兒, 扇, 道 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 扇, 道 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 扇兒, 扇, 道 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 扇 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 道 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 扇, 道 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 扇, 道 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 扇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 扇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 扇, 道 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 扇 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 扇 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 度 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 度 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 度 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 隻 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 度 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 度 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 扇 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 扇 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 扇 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 扇 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 扇, 皮 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 扇 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 隻 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 扇 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 扇, 道 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 扇 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 扇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 片 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 片 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 片, 扇 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 片 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 片 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 片 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 片 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 片 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 扇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 片 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 奇 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 片 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 扇 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 扇 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 扇 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 扇 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 扇 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 爿 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 扇, 張, 隻 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 扇 |

##### Compounds

* 丟紙扇 / 丢纸扇
* 兩扇皮 / 两扇皮
* 六扇門 / 六扇门
* 冬扇夏爐 / 冬扇夏炉
* 卻扇 / 却扇
* 吊扇 (diàoshàn)
* 合歡扇 / 合欢扇
* 團扇 / 团扇 (tuánshàn)
* 團扇妾 / 团扇妾
* 團扇藻 / 团扇藻 (tuánshànzǎo)
* 團香扇 / 团香扇
* 夏鑪冬扇 / 夏𬬻冬扇
* 宮扇 / 宫扇
* 寶扇 / 宝扇
* 扇墜兒 / 扇坠儿
* 扇子 (shànzi)
* 扇子生
* 扇對 / 扇对
* 扇形 (shànxíng)
* 扇形理論 / 扇形理论
* 扇形角
* 扇牌
* 扇珊瑚 (shànshānhú)
* 扇舞
* 扇葉蒲葵 / 扇叶蒲葵
* 扇貝 / 扇贝 (shànbèi)
* 扇車 / 扇车 (shànchē)
* 扇面
* 扇面對 / 扇面对
* 扇馬 / 扇马
* 扇骨子
* 打扇 (dǎshàn)
* 折扇 (zhéshàn)
* 抽氣扇 / 抽气扇 (chōuqìshàn)
* 掌扇
* 排氣扇 / 排气扇 (páiqìshàn)
* 搖鵝毛扇 / 摇鹅毛扇
* 摺扇 / 折扇
* 摺疊扇 / 折叠扇
* 撒扇
* 格扇
* 桃花扇
* 檀香扇
* 歌扇
* 沖積扇 / 冲积扇 (chōngjīshàn)
* 波扇
* 油搭扇
* 油紙扇 / 油纸扇
* 海扇
* 班姬詠扇 / 班姬咏扇
* 白團扇 / 白团扇
* 磨扇墜手 / 磨扇坠手
* 秋扇
* 秋扇見捐 / 秋扇见捐
* 秋風團扇 / 秋风团扇
* 竹扇
* 篋扇 / 箧扇
* 紈扇 / 纨扇
* 紙扇 / 纸扇
* 羅扇 / 罗扇
* 羽扇 (yǔshàn)
* 羽扇綸巾 / 羽扇纶巾
* 羽扇豆
* 聚頭扇 / 聚头扇
* 肋巴扇兒 / 肋巴扇儿
* 舉扇一撝 / 举扇一㧑
* 舞衫歌扇
* 芭蕉扇 (bājiāoshàn)
* 落地扇 (luòdìshàn)
* 葵扇 (kuíshàn)
* 蒲扇 (púshàn)
* 蒲扇價增 / 蒲扇价增
* 蒲葵扇
* 蕉扇 (jiāoshàn)
* 走扇
* 鐵扇公主 / 铁扇公主
* 門扇 / 门扇 (ménshàn)
* 闔扇 / 阖扇
* 隔扇
* 雉尾扇
* 電扇 / 电扇 (diànshàn)
* 電風扇 / 电风扇 (diànfēngshàn)
* 鞋扇
* 風扇 / 风扇 (fēngshàn)
* 香扇
* 骨扇
* 鵝毛扇 / 鹅毛扇
* 鵝翎扇 / 鹅翎扇
* 鵰翎扇 / 雕翎扇

#### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shān (shan$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sin$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): san
* Eastern Min (BUC): siéng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sìⁿ / siàn
    (Teochew, Peng'im): siang$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shān
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄢ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shan
*** Wade–Giles: shan$^1$
*** Yale: shān
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shan
*** Palladius: шань (šanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂän⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sin$^3$
*** Yale: sin
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sin$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xin$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /siːn³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: san
*** Hakka Romanization System: san
*** Hagfa Pinyim: san$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /san⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: siéng
*** Sinological IPA : /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/
* sìⁿ - vernacular;
* siàn - literary.
* 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 | sin$^1$ |
* 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
       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)
       Wǒ zhēn xiǎng shān nǐ yī ge ěrguāng. [Pinyin]
       I could give you a slap in the face.
    alt. forms: 搧 (shān)

##### Compounds

* 來扇館 / 来扇馆
* 扇動 / 扇动 (shāndòng)
* 扇揚 / 扇扬
* 扇枕溫席 / 扇枕温席
* 扇枕溫衾 / 扇枕温衾
* 扇枕溫被 / 扇枕温被
* 扇涼翅兒 / 扇凉翅儿
* 扇火止沸
* 扇誘 / 扇诱
* 扇風耳朵 / 扇风耳朵
* 溫席扇枕 / 温席扇枕

### 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 | 扇󠄁 扇+&#xE0101; (Adobe-Japan1) |
| Kyūjitai | 扇󠄃 扇+&#xE0103; (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho) |
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### Kanji

(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)、とびら (tobira, 扇)、あおぐ (aogu, 扇ぐ)、あおる (aoru, 扇る)
* Nanori: み (mi)

#### Compounds

* 扇(せん)子(す) (sensu)
* 扇(せん)風(ぷう)機(き) (senpūki)
* 団扇(うちわ) (uchiwa)
* 鉄(てっ)扇(せん) (tessen)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 扇
* おうぎ Grade: S
* kun'yomi
/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 [òógíꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
* IPA: [o̞ːɡʲi]

### Noun

扇(おうぎ) • (ōgi)
* [from late 900s] fan (folding fan)

#### Derived terms

* 扇葛(オウギカズラ) (ōgikazura)
* 扇鶲(オウギビタキ) (ōgibitaki)
* 衵扇(あこめおうぎ) (akome ōgi)
* 蝙蝠(かわほり)扇(おうぎ) (kawahori ōgi, 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]‎ (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)
* 1 2 “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
* 1 2 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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