(shàn)

HSK 510 strokes
Readingsshànshān

to fan

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
shàn / shān
Meaning
to fan; to slap sb on the face
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 5
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿸户羽

A feathered 羽 fan in the shape of a folding door 户

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged enclosing from the upper left.

How to write step by step

10 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

shàn

(dialect) hinge

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diàoshàn

a ceiling fan; a punka

Open 吊扇 page →
tuánshàn

circular fan

Open 团扇 page →
shàn

disk sector (computing)

Open 扇区 page →
shànxíng

circular sector

Open 扇形 page →

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