hand fan
device used to cool oneself, usually made of folded paper
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Summary
hand fan ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,469 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Main regulatory text: Act on the Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries[2]
- Manufacturer: fan maker[3]
- Made from material: paper[4], feather[5], wood[6], silk product[7], parchment[8], ivory[9]
- Subclass of: physical tool[10], utensil[11]
- Has use: cooling[12]
- Commons category: Hand fans[13]
- Unicode character: 🪭[14]
- Country of origin: Japan[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ventilation fans[16]
- Location of creation: Kyoto Prefecture[17]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[19], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[20], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[22], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[24], Pauly–Wissowa[25]
- Different from: Wachlarz[26]
Why It Matters
hand fan has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]