扇

shān
#1,990 most
frequent character
to fan, to slap sb on the face

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

扇 shàn uses 戶 a door as the meaning part and 羽 wings as another meaning part. It first meant a door leaf. It grew to mean a fan or to fan, and a leaf. Read shān, it means to flap, slap, or incite.

扇 as a component in other characters

sound2 characters
煽骟

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Same Characters, Different Readings

扇shàn
fan, leaf, (measure word)

Homophones

山shān
mountain

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