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扇子 shànzi

扇子 shànzi Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 扇子 shànzi .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
shànzi | shan4 zi5
English translation
fan
CL:[bǎ]

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Traditional form

扇子 shànzi

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 扇子 shànzi

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shān

Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

户羽

Number of Strokes

10

Type

pictographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a small child with its two arms outstretched.

Positional decomposition

了一

Number of Strokes

3

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扇子 shànzi Decomposition

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扇子 shànzi Compounds

See all 85 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 扇子 shànzi in their composition.

  • shān
    • shān , shān , shàn , shān
    • hǎo
      • nāo , hào
    • xiǎng
      • dūn
        • dūn , duì , tūn , dūn , duì , dūn , duì , , , , , , , , dùn , , , , ,
      • guō
      • shú
      • chún , chún , chún , zhūn , guǒ , dūn , duǒ , tūn , guō , tūn , rún , , chún , , , , , , , , zhūn , , , chún
    • yóu
    • zhuǎn
      • càn
        • chán , chán , zhàn , chǎn , ,
    • zǎi , , , jiǎn , mǎn , qióng , , , xué , , , , , , , , , yàn , , ,
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