Memory phrase for the character: 摇

摇

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Meaning

to shake, rock, wag, swing

Pronunciation

yáo

Explanation

Left: hand 扌, right: hand reaching down 爫, below: can, jar 缶 (Shows a mortar 凵 with a pestle 午 in it.)

Mnemonic

The hand reaches downwards to the can, to shake it.

Radicals

扌	hand	Simplification of this hand 手
爫	reaching downwards	Shows a hand reaching downwards to pluck sth.
缶	can, jar	Shows a mortar 凵 with a pestle 午 that is vertically in it.

Vocabulary

动摇	dòng yáo	to sway; to waver; to rock; to rattle; to destabilize; to pose a challenge to
摇晃	yáo huàng	to rock; to shake; to sway
摇摇欲坠	yáo yáo yù zhuì	tottering; on the verge of collapse
摇摇欲坠	yáo yáo yù zhuì	tottering; on the verge of collapse
摇曳	yáo yè	to flicker (of flame); to sway; to bend (in the wind); to oscillate; to flutter; free and untied; loose
摇曳多姿	yáo yè duō zī	swaying gently; moving elegantly
摇曳多姿	yáo yè duō zī

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