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扇 means 'folding fan'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 1857   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-34    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 21 words   Used in 70 words   Used in 273 names   Component in 4 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   セン
Kun
   おうぎ folding fan
Additional readings
Name    おう   おおぎ
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 扇 - click the badge to download
You might be envisioning a handheld fan as a dainty item held by a dainty woman, but war commanders used to hold fans, and fans have served as weapons! Far from being confined to a genteel world, 扇 plays a role in words about instigating trouble. Learn about two shapes of fans and see how they influence animal and plant names, as well as descriptions of many everyday objects.
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⿸  戸 door  羽 feather  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 扇 is used 2 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 扇 is used 47 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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セン : 24 words FIND ALL
せ ん ぷ う き 3
Most common form: 扇風器
noun
electric fan
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おうぎ : 21 words FIND ALL
お う ぎ 3
noun
folding fan
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おおぎ: 2 words. FIND ALL
お お ぎ は く じ ら 5
noun
Stejneger's beaked whale (Mesoplodon stejnegeri)  (often written with kana only)
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An additional 23 less common words include 扇 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1492  Joy o' Kanji : 1492  Key to Kanji: - 

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扇
セン   おうぎ folding fan   
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羽
ウ   はね feather   わ counter for birds   
戸
コ   と door   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
尸
corpse
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