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扇 (shàn): meaning and stroke order

扇 (shàn) means fan, sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth, classifier for doors, windows etc.

扇

Simplified
扇
Traditional
扇 (same form)
Pinyin
shàn · shān

Stroke order of 扇

扇

  • shān to fan; to slap sb on the face
  • shàn fan; sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth
  • 10 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 扇

  1. shàn
    • fan
    • sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth
    • classifier for doors, windows etc
  2. shān
    • to fan
    • to slap sb on the face

Radical and structure

扇
Radical 戶 (Kangxi radical 63) · 10 strokes · built from 户 and 羽

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

扇 in our stories

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  • “这扇窗户，是雨停了以后才被打开的。”

    zhè shàn chuānghu shì yǔ tíng le yǐhòu cái bèi dǎkāi de

    "This window was opened only after the rain stopped."

    From the story The dry floor HSK 6

Stories using 扇

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).