phonetic map : 扇 shan
goulnik
December 12, 2008, 08:24 AM posted in General Discussion| shan | ||
| * 扇 shān to fan; slap; flap; flutter; incite; stir up 扇风 shānfēng to fan 扇动 shāndòng to fan; flap; instigate 扇荡 shāndàng to stir up unrest/disorder |
扇 shàn fan; leaf 电扇 diànshàn electric fan 吊扇 diàoshàn ceiling fan 门扇 ménshàn door leaf |
煽 shān to fan a fire; jabber; instigate 煽客 shānkè instigator 煽情 shānqíng to rouse emotion; flirt 煽扇 shānshàn to fan a fire 煽动 shāndòng to incite; stir up |
| * 搧 shān (variant of 扇 shān) |
骟 shàn to castrate; spay 骟马 shànmǎ castrated horse; gelding |
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kimiik
December 12, 2008, 01:36 PMChangye, Do you see a link between the traditional translucent japanese doors called Shoji (障子 zhàngzi) and the chinese character 扇 ?
changye
December 13, 2008, 03:11 AMHi kimiik,
There is no link between Japanese 障子 and the character 扇. The former word was imported from China, and it originally meant "fence" in China. The character 障 connotes "interrupt" in this case. As for 扇, there is a word "扇子" both in Chinese and Japanese, and this means "a folding fan".
changye
December 12, 2008, 12:59 PMThe etymology of 扇 is very visual. The character consists of 户 （door） and 羽 (feather, wing) and originally meant "swing door made of bamboo or reed".