扇

2 readings · tap one to hear it

fan; sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth; classifier for doors, windows etc

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Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A feathered 羽 fan in the shape of a folding door 户

Components 户羽

fan · Heisig RSH #2157

户 door + 羽 feathers

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
金头扇尾莺	jīn tóu shàn wěi yīng	(bird species of China) golden-headed cisticola (Cisticola exilis)
无叶风扇	wú yè fēng shàn	bladeless fan
电风扇	diàn fēng shàn	electric fan; CL:架[jia4],臺\|台[tai2]
落地扇	luò dì shàn	pedestal fan; stand fan
引导扇区	yǐn dǎo shàn qū	boot sector
排气扇	pái qì shàn	exhaust fan
白眉扇尾鹟	bái méi shàn wěi wēng	(bird species of China) white-browed fantail (Rhipidura aureola)
黄腹扇尾鹟	huáng fù shàn wěi wēng	(bird species of China) yellow-bellied fantail; yellow-bellied fairy fantail (Chelidorhynx…
六扇门	liù shàn mén	seat of the government; yamen; (in wuxia stories) special police force
扇子	shàn zi	fan; CL:把[ba3]
白喉扇尾鹟	bái hóu shàn wěi wēng	(bird species of China) white-throated fantail (Rhipidura albicollis)
扇区	shàn qū	disk sector (computing)
扇动	shān dòng	to fan; to flap; to incite; to instigate (a strike etc)
电扇	diàn shàn	electric fan
扇风	shān fēng	to fan oneself; to fan (sb)
风扇	fēng shàn	electric fan
门扇	mén shàn	door; the opening panel of a door
合扇	hé shàn	(dialect) hinge
棕扇尾莺	zōng shàn wěi yīng	(bird species of China) zitting cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
台扇	tái shàn	table fan; desk fan

These characters use 扇 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
扇 sound part	shàn	fan; panel; to flap
骟	shàn	to castrate, to geld