扇
fan, folding fan
Readings
On'yomi
- セン
Kun'yomi
- おうぎ
Nanori
- おう
- おおぎ
Meaning
扇 centers on a handheld device that creates a breeze when waved: a fan, especially the folding kind. The idea extends naturally to anything that fans or spreads outward like a fan.
Most common words using 扇
20 of 78- 扇風機せんぷうきN2
electric fan
- 扇おうぎ
folding fan
- 扇動せんどう
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
- 扇子せんすN2
folding fan
- 団扇うちわN1
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
- 換気扇かんきせんN1
ventilation fan; extractor fan
- 扇情せんじょう
stirring up strong emotions; sensationalism
- 扇形おうぎがた
fan shape
- 鉄扇てっせん
iron-ribbed fan
- 扇状地せんじょうち
alluvial fan or delta
- 扇屋おうぎや
folding fan shop
- 扇ぐあおぐN2
to fan
- ハッブス扇歯鯨ハッブスおうぎはくじら
Hubb's beaked whale (Mesoplodon carlshubbi)
- バハモンド扇歯鯨バハモンドおうぎはくじら
spade-toothed whale (Mesoplodon traversii); Bahamonde's beaked whale
- ピグミー扇歯鯨ピグミーおうぎはくじら
pygmy beaked whale (Mesoplodon peruvianus); Peruvian beaked whale; lesser beaked whale
- ペリン扇歯鯨ペリンおうぎはくじら
Perrin's beaked whale (Mesoplodon perrini)
- ヨーロッパ扇歯鯨ヨーロッパおうぎはくじら
Sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens); North Atlantic beaked whale; North Sea beaked whale
- 冷風扇れいふうせん
evaporative cooler; swamp cooler
- 南扇歯鯨みなみおうぎはくじら
Gray's beaked whale (Mesoplodon grayi)
- 古扇ふるおうぎ
old fan; worn out fan
Study
Etymology
扇 combines 户 (door) and 羽 (feathers/wings), suggesting a door-like panel with wing-like feathers that opens and closes like a folding fan.
Meaning mnemonic
The outer 户 looks like a door frame, and inside are 羽 feathers. Imagine a door made of feathers that you can wave back and forth to create a breeze — that's a folding fan.
Reading mnemonic
For セン, picture a fan sending a cool breeze: send -> セン, and the fan sends air your way.