扇子

Chinese
fan; to fan; (a measure word for doors, windows, etc.)
 
child; son; (noun suffix)
child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (扇子) 扇 子
simp. #(扇子) 扇 子

Pronunciation

Noun

扇子

  1. fan; hand fan (Classifier: 把 m)

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 扇子 (“fan”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 扇
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 扇子
Mandarin Beijing 扇子
Taiwan 扇子
Harbin 扇子
Yantai (Muping) 扇子
Jinan 扇子
Luoyang 扇子
Wanrong 扇子
Xi'an 扇子
Yinchuan 扇子
Lanzhou 扇子
Xining 扇子
Ürümqi 扇子, 扇兒
Wuhan 扇子
Chengdu 扇子
Guiyang 扇子
Guilin 扇子
Liuzhou 扇子
Xuzhou 扇子
Yangzhou 扇子
Nanjing 扇兒, 扇子
Hefei 扇子
Cantonese Guangzhou 扇
Hong Kong 扇
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 扇
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 扇
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 扇
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 扇
Macau 扇
Guangzhou (Panyu) 扇
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 扇
Guangzhou (Conghua) 扇
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 扇
Foshan 扇
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 扇
Foshan (Shunde) 扇
Foshan (Sanshui) 扇
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 扇
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 扇
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 扇
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 扇
Zhuhai (Doumen) 扇
Jiangmen (Baisha) 扇
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 扇
Taishan 扇
Kaiping (Chikan) 扇
Enping (Niujiang) 扇
Heshan (Yayao) 扇
Dongguan 扇
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 扇
Shaoguan 扇
Yunfu 扇
Yangjiang 扇
Xinyi 扇
Lianjiang 扇
Nanning 扇
Wuzhou 扇
Yulin 扇
Hepu (Lianzhou) 扇
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 扇
Gan Nanchang 扇子
Lichuan 扇
Pingxiang 扇子
Hakka Meixian 扇仔
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 扇
Dongguan (Qingxi) 扇
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 扇
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 扇
Conghua (Lütian) 提扇
Yudu 扇子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 扇仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 扇仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 扇仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 扇
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 扇仔, 扇
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 扇
Hong Kong 扇
Luchuan (Daqiao) 扇子
Senai (Huiyang) 扇
Huizhou Jixi 扇
Jin Taiyuan 扇子
Xinzhou 扇子
Northern Min Jian'ou 扇
Eastern Min Fuzhou 扇, 蒲扇
Southern Min Xiamen 扇, 扇仔
Quanzhou 扇
Zhangzhou 扇
Taipei 葵扇
New Taipei (Sanxia) 扇
Kaohsiung 葵扇
Yilan 扇, 葵扇
Changhua (Lukang) 扇, 葵扇
Taichung 葵扇
Tainan 扇, 葵扇
Hsinchu 扇, 葵扇
Kinmen 扇, 葵扇
Penghu (Magong) 扇, 葵扇
Penang (Hokkien) 扇
Singapore (Hokkien) 葵扇
Manila (Hokkien) 葵扇
Pingnan (Shangdu) 扇
Chaozhou 扇
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 扇
Leizhou 扇
Haikou 扇
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 扇
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 扇
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 扇
Wu Shanghai 扇子
Shanghai (Chongming) 扇子
Suzhou 扇子
Danyang 扇子
Hangzhou 扇子
Ningbo 扇子
Wenzhou 扇
Jinhua 扇
Xiang Changsha 扇子
Loudi 扇子, 扇
Shuangfeng 扇子
Quanzhou 扇子, 扇

Descendants
  • → Mongolian: шанз (šanz, “fan”)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
扇 子
せん
Grade: S		 す
Grade: 1
on’yomi tōon
扇子

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 扇子.

First attested in Japanese in the Taiheiki of the late 1300s.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) せんす [sèńsú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA(key): [sẽ̞ɰ̃sɨᵝ]

Noun

扇(せん)子(す) • (sensu) 

  1. [from late 1300s] a hand-held folding fan: a hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth to generate a breeze
    Synonyms: 扇 (ōgi), 団扇 (uchiwa, more often refers to a fixed, non-folding fan)

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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