shan1= to fan, to shake, to wave ,as a fan.(HAND) 搧 煽扇謆騸shan4 shan4 = (ROOT) a fan; leaf of door; wicker door, screen 1. to fan into flames; to blaze; to excite, to delude. (PERSON) 2. to geld a horse or ass (as oppose to castrating chicken, boars, people. (HORSE) 3. a blaze, to fan into flame; to inflame, excite; burn splendidly, like a blaze.(FIRE) 4. to beguile, cajole, wheedle, to excite with words. (SPEECH) 5. kind of jade; stone to work jade. (STONE)