Chinese Character 扇 Meanings and components.

Form

扇

Meaning

扇 meaning[3] in English

To Fan.

To Slap Sb On The Face.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 扇 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are variant of 戶|户[hu4] (戸) , and feather (羽)

Its radical[1] is: 戶 (hu4) which means: A Household, Door, Family, .戶hu4a household

In cangjie it is written with ISSMM

How to write 扇

To write扇shan4to fan you should write a combination of 戸hu4variant of … , 羽yu3feather arranged in a 吕 shape:

戸 + 羽 = 扇

扇 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 扇 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 扇, looks as follow:

扇
Pinyin:shan4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Fan . To Slap Sb On The Face
戸
Pinyin:hu4
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 戶|户[Hu4]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
尸
Pinyin:shi1
Meaning[3]: Person Representing The Dead (During Burial Ceremonies) . To Put A Corpse On Display (After Execution) . Variant Of 屍|尸[Shi1] . Corpse
羽
Pinyin:yu3
Meaning[3]: Feather . 5th Note In Pentatonic Scale
习
Pinyin:xi2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi
习
Pinyin:xi2 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Xi

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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