Chinese Character: 扇 (Shàn/Shān - Fan/Flap)
1. 基本特征 (Character Basics)
部首: 户（户字旁）/羽（羽字旁） (radical: door/feather)
笔画数: 10 (10 strokes)
结构分解: 象形字（像展开的扇子形状）或形声字（户表意，羽表音），本义指扇子 (pictograph resembling an unfolded fan; ideogram with "户" indicating meaning and "羽" indicating pronunciation, originally meaning fan)
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2. 发音 (Pronunciation)
拼音: Shàn（第四声，名词） / Shān（第一声，动词） (Shàn (4th tone, noun) / Shān (1st tone, verb))
3. 含义 (Meaning)
作名词时指扇子（如"折扇"）；作动词时指用扇子等工具使空气流动（如"扇风"） (Noun: fan (e.g., folding fan); Verb: to flap (e.g., fan the air))
4. 常用词汇 (Common Words)
- 扇子 (shàn zi) - fan
- 折扇 (zhé shàn) - folding fan
- 扇风 (shān fēng) - fan the air
5. 语法与用法 (Grammar & Usage)
作名词时可与量词搭配（如"一把扇子"）；作动词时可带宾语（如"扇扇子"） (Noun: paired with measure words (e.g., "a fan"); Verb: followed by object (e.g., "fan the fan"))
6. 文化背景 (Cultural Background)
中国传统扇子（如团扇、折扇）是文化符号，文人用扇题诗作画，体现雅致生活；戏曲中扇子是重要道具，辅助表演 (Traditional Chinese fans (e.g., round fan, folding fan) are cultural symbols. Scholars used fans for poetry and painting, reflecting refined life; fans are important props in opera to assist performance)
7. 例句 (Example Sentence)
夏天太热了，我用折扇扇风降温。(Xià tiān tài rè le, wǒ yòng zhé shàn shān fēng jiàng wēn.)
It's too hot in summer, so I use a folding fan to cool down by fanning.
8. 记忆技巧 (Memory Tips)
"扇"的字形像展开的扇子，中间的"羽"让人联想到用羽毛做的扇子（传统材质），发音"Shàn"对应名词"扇子"，"Shān"对应动词"扇动"，容易区分 (The character "扇" resembles an unfolded fan. The "羽" in the middle reminds of feather fans (traditional material). Pronunciation "Shàn" for noun "fan", "Shān" for verb "flap", easy to distinguish)