TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
扇
扇 ＝ 戶 ＋ 羽
ㄕㄢˋ · shàn/shān
noun/verb — a fan; a door leaf; (shān) to fan, to fan up
字源 FORM — what the parts do
羽義feathers — the vanes
A door's leaf (戶) feathered with vanes (羽) — the fan, a panel that swings and stirs air. From the fan: 扇子, 電扇; the swinging-leaf sense gives a measure word for doors and windows; fanning the air reads shān — 搧風, 扇火.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一片門葉（戶）插上羽毛（羽），一搖，風就來了——扇。
A door-leaf (戶) set with feathers (羽); one wave and the wind comes — a fan.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
shàn
(本義)扇子、電扇— a fan常用
→一扇門— a leaf (of door or window)常用
shān
(本義)搧風、扇火— to fan, fan up常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension