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扇
shān
1. to fan
2. to slap sb on the face
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

扇
shàn
fan; panel; to flap
HSK 5 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

蒲扇
púshàn
palm-leaf fan
窗扇
chuāngshàn
window
团扇
tuánshàn
circular fan
风扇
fēngshàn
electric fan
电扇
diànshàn
electric fan
扇动
shāndòng
to fan
扇区
shànqū
disk sector (computing)
扇子
shànzi
fan
HSK 5
隔扇
géshan
partition
扇形
shànxíng
circular sector
扇贝
shànbèi
scallop (genus Pecten)
吊扇
diàoshàn
a ceiling fan
扇风
shānfēng
to fan oneself
门扇
ménshàn
door
折扇
zhéshàn
folding fan
扑扇
pūshan
to flutter
合扇
héshàn
(dialect) hinge
走扇
zǒushàn
not closing properly (of door, window etc)
涡扇
wōshàn
turbofan
桃花扇
TáohuāShàn
The Peach Blossom Fan, historical play about the last days of the Ming dynasty by Kong Shangren [[孔尚任<KǒngShàngrèn>]]

Alternate Entries

扇
shàn
fan / sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth / classifier for doors, windows etc

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
5
Character Frequency Rank
1,992
Word Frequency Rank
2,535 of 84,292