扇せん子す

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

A traditional Japanese fan that folds up, used for cooling, ceremonies, or performance.

〈人ひと〉〉が扇子せんすで扇あおぐto fan oneself with a folding fan
彼かの女じょは暑あつさに扇せん子すで自じ分ぶんを扇あおいだ。
She fanned herself with a folding fan because of the heat.
扇せん子すを開ひらくto open a folding fan
舞ぶ台たいの上うえで彼かれは扇せん子すをパッと開ひらいた。
On stage, he snapped open his folding fan.
扇せん子すを閉とじるto close a folding fan
踊おどりが終おわると彼かの女じょは扇せん子すを閉とじた。
When the dance ended, she closed her folding fan.

内うち輪わ
うちわ is a flat, non-folding fan (often round, paper or bamboo), while 扇子 is a fan that folds up for easy carrying.
うちわN1
うちわ is a rigid, non-folding fan, while 扇子 is a folding fan that closes flat for carrying.
扇おうぎ
扇子 and 扇 both mean a folding fan, but 扇子 is the more common, everyday word while 扇 sounds more literary or ceremonial.
末すえ広ひろ
扇子 is the common modern word for a folding fan, while 末広 is a more traditional or ceremonial term for the same object.

センスN2
扇子 (せんす) is a folding fan, a completely different word that happens to sound identical to センス, which means taste or flair.
扇せん風ぷう機きN2
扇子 is a folding hand fan you open and wave yourself, whereas 扇風機 is a powered electric fan that runs on its own.

本ほんN5
扇子 (folding fans) can be counted with 本 since they are long, slender objects when folded.

The kanji 扇 means 'fan' and 子 is a common suffix for objects. The word is of Chinese origin (cf. Mandarin shànzi).