Meaning & readings
fan, folding fan
On’yomi セン
Kun’yomi おうぎ
Nanori おう、おおぎ
Origin
This character combines two meaningful parts. The left side shows 戸, a door or barrier, while the right side shows 羽, which means feathers or wings. Together they depict the idea of feathers arranged like a door that opens and closes—essentially a folding fan made from feathers or feather-like material. The image of layered feathers that can open and shut naturally suggests the object of a fan, which similarly folds and unfolds to create air movement.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Compound ideographic (combined meanings).
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 10
- Kangxi radical
- 63
- Grade
- Jōyō (secondary school)
- Frequency rank
- #1805 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 1
- Unicode
- U+06247