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扇 means 'folding fan'
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On
セン
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Name おう おおぎ
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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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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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noun
Stejneger's beaked whale (Mesoplodon stejnegeri) (often written with kana only)(click the word to view an additional 1 reading and 2 forms, examples and links)
An additional 23 less common words include 扇 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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