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扇
shàn
1. fan
2. sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth
3. classifier for doors, windows etc
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 10 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

扇
shàn
fan; panel; to flap
HSK 5 10 丶

Compound Words (20)

合扇
héshàn
(dialect) hinge
吊扇
diàoshàn
a ceiling fan
团扇
tuánshàn
circular fan
扇动
shāndòng
to fan
扇区
shànqū
disk sector (computing)
扇子
shànzi
fan
HSK 5
扇形
shànxíng
circular sector
扇贝
shànbèi
scallop (genus Pecten)
扇风
shānfēng
to fan oneself
折扇
zhéshàn
folding fan
扑扇
pūshan
to flutter
涡扇
wōshàn
turbofan
窗扇
chuāngshàn
window
蒲扇
púshàn
palm-leaf fan
走扇
zǒushàn
not closing properly (of door, window etc)
门扇
ménshàn
door
隔扇
géshan
partition
电扇
diànshàn
electric fan
风扇
fēngshàn
electric fan
扇面琴
shānmiànqín
same as yangqin [[揚琴|扬琴]], dulcimer

Alternate Entries

扇
shān
to fan / to slap sb on the face

Metadata

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

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