also: おおぎ
A handheld fan that folds up, used for cooling, ceremony, or performance.
It was hot, so I fanned myself with a folding fan.
She danced, opening a beautiful folding fan.
She opened her folding fan on stage.
When the dance ended, he closed his folding fan.
It was hot, so I fanned myself with my folding fan.
扇 refers to the physical folding fan itself, while 扇形 describes the fan-like shape or, in math, a sector of a circle.
扇 is counted with 本, as in 扇一本 (one folding fan), treating the closed fan like a slender stick-shaped object.
fan shape; fan-shaped · sector (of a circle)
folding fan shop
old fan; worn-out fan
fan seppuku; symbolic disembowelment with a fan
Japanese scallop · giant clam
harpy eagle
formal folding fan made of hinoki cypress · blackberry lily; leopard lily; leopard flower
painted fan; fan with a picture
dancer's fan
Standard kanji spelling for a folding fan.
Irregular kana reading; rarely used in modern Japanese.
The kanji 扇 depicts a door leaf and wings, suggesting something that opens and closes like a fan. The reading おうぎ is a native Japanese word, possibly related to あおぐ (to fan).
formal folding fan made of hinoki cypress
Zosimus aeneus; poisonous crab
discarded fan (in autumn); forgotten fan