煽
shān HSK7

stir up

To fan 扇 the flames 火; 扇 also provides the pronunciation

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
扇
扇 SoundMeaning component
shàn, shān fan

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhanghljen
hljens

說文解字

熾盛也。从火扇聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica