扇

音読おんよみ: セン

訓読くんよみ: おうぎ

画数かくすう: 10

部首ぶしゅ: とだれ(戸)

Meaning

Fan / Folding Fan

  • おうぎ — folding fan
  • 扇子せんす — folding fan (common word)
  • 扇風機せんぷうき — electric fan
  • 団扇うちわ — round handheld fan
  • 扇形おうぎがた — fan shape; sector
  • おうぎかなめ — the pivot (hinge) of a fan

A phono-semantic build: the radical 戸 (door frame, とだれ) sets the form, while 羽 (feathers) in the old composition evokes layered vanes. Open and the slats spread like wings; close and they fold at the hinge — the (かなめ). From this motion and shape comes the meaning “fan.”

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