扇 (shān): to fan, to slap sb on the face, fan
扇 (shān) is a Chinese character meaning “to fan.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 户 (structural) and 羽 (structural). It ranks #1966 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 扇 a feathered 羽 fan in the shape of a folding door 户. Its radical form 户 (door) appears in many related characters such as 房 (fáng, house), 所 (suǒ, actually), 户 (hù, a household).
Definitions
- to fan
- to slap sb on the face
- fan
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA feathered 羽 fan in the shape of a folding door 户
Decomposition: ⿸户羽 (layout: surround-from-upper-left)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 扇
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 风扇noun | fēng shàn | electric fan |
| 扇贝noun | shàn bèi | scallop (genus Pecten) |
| 扇动verb | shān dòng | to fan |
| 电风扇noun | diàn fēng shàn | electric fan |
| 电扇noun | diàn shàn | electric fan |
| 扇形noun | shàn xíng | circular sector |
| 吊扇noun | diào shàn | a ceiling fan |
| 折扇noun | zhé shàn | folding fan |
| 蒲扇noun | pú shàn | palm-leaf fan |
| 引导扇区 | yǐn dǎo shàn qū | boot sector |
| 落地扇noun | luò dì shàn | pedestal fan |
| 六扇门 | liù shàn mén | seat of the government |
| 无叶风扇noun | wú yè fēng shàn | bladeless fan |
| 排气扇noun | pái qì shàn | exhaust fan |
| 走扇 | zǒu shàn | not closing properly (of door, window etc) |
扇 appears in 43 compound words: 26 as the first character, 53 as the last, and 21 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 扇 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
夏天没有空调，只能用扇子扇风降温。
Xiàtiān méiyǒu kōngtiáo, zhǐ néng yòng shànzi shān fēng jiàngwēn.
Without air conditioning in summer, we can only use fans to cool down.
M4 MacBook Air无风扇设计:是静默之美还是性能短板?全网观点大...
M 4 M a c B o o k A i r wú fēng shān shè jì : shì jìng mò zhī měi hái shì xìng néng duǎn bǎn ? quán wǎng guàn diǎn dà . . .
The M4 MacBook Air's Fanless Design: A Quiet Beauty or a Performance Shortcoming? A Roundup of Online Opinions...
加装排气扇穿体育服上课等 热浪中学校多举措助师生降...
jiā zhuāng pái qì shān chuān tǐ yù fú shàng kè děng rè làng zhōng xué jiào duō jǔ cuò zhù shī shēng jiàng . . .
Installing exhaust fans, wearing gym clothes to class, and more: Schools in the heatwave region are taking various measures to help students and teachers beat the heat...
梅雨季超前部署!DREO 静音循环立扇,搞定空气对流,打造干爽会呼吸的家。
méi yǔ jì chāo qián bù shǔ ! D R E O jìng yīn xún huán lì shān , gǎo dìng kōng qì duì liú , dǎ zào gān shuǎng huì hū xī de jiā .
Get a head start on the rainy season! The DREO Quiet Circulating Fan promotes air circulation and creates a dry, breathable home.
「新春走基层」他们不是不恋家,只是西沙这扇“南天门..
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng tā men bù shì bù liàn jiā , zhī shì xī shā zhè shān nán tiān mén . .
New Year's Journey to the grassroots level" It's not that they don't love their home, but the "Southern Heavenly Gate" of Xisha...
春晚这扇“窗”,照见中国机器人产业“跑”出倍速
chūn wǎn zhè shān chuāng , zhào jiàn zhōng guó jī qì rén chǎn yè pǎo chū bèi sù
Spring Festival Gala this "window", see China's robotics industry "run" out of times speed
火势以扇形迅速蔓延。
Huǒshì yǐ shànxíng xùnsùmànyán.
The fire spread out in a fan-shape.
汤姆故意弄碎了那扇窗户。
Tāngmǔ gùyì nòngsuì le nà shān chuānghu.
Tom broke the window on purpose.
请您把那扇窗户关起来好吗？
Qǐng nín bǎ nà shān chuānghu guān qǐlai hǎo ma?
Can you please close that window?
你有这扇门的钥匙吗？
Nǐ yǒu zhè shān mén de yàoshi ma?
Do you have the key to this door?
Character Family
户 Radical Family — Characters sharing the door radical
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