扇 – fan, folding fan

10 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1805 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 扇 means fan, folding fan. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セン (sen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おうぎ (ougi). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 戶 (no. 63).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セン	sen
Kun’yomi	おうぎ	ougi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 戶 (Kangxi radical 63). Components: 羽・戸・冫・一・尸.

Words using 扇

扇ぐあおぐto fan扇子せんすfolding fan扇風機せんぷうきelectric fan団扇うちわuchiwa

Example sentences

犬が腕時計と扇子を食った。

The dog ate a watch and a Japanese fan.

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暑かったので扇風機をつけた。

Feeling hot, I turned on the fan.

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Kanji with the same radical

所戸房戻扉

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