纨扇
wán​shàn

round fan

纨 wán white silk Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 丸 represents the sound. Simplified form of 紈.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

丸
丸 Sound component
wán small round object

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

扇 shàn, shān fan

A feathered 羽 fan in the shape of a folding door 户

Components

户
户 Meaning component
hù, hu door
羽
羽 Meaning component
yǔ feather

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

煽骟

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

煽

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsyenH[l̥ ][a][r]-sleaf of door (: fan?)
Zhengzhanghljen
hljens
Unicodeshiɛ̀n

說文解字

扉也。从戶，从翄聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

紈 white silk Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 丸 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

丸
丸 Sound component
wán small round object

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷaːn
Unicodehuɑn

說文解字

素也。从糸丸聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)