挥

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to wave; to brandish; to command; to conduct; to scatter; to disperse

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

To direct an army 军 by hand 扌

Components 扌军

brandish · Heisig RSH #599

fingers + 军 army

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
指挥中心	zhǐ huī zhōng xīn	command center
弹指一挥间	tán zhǐ yī huī jiān	in a flash (idiom)
挥金如土	huī jīn rú tǔ	lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom); fig. to spend money like water; extravagant
挥之不去	huī zhī bù qù	impossible to get rid of
挥发性	huī fā xìng	volatility; volatile
挥发油	huī fā yóu	volatile oil (in general); gasoline
呼之即来，挥之即去	hū zhī jí lái , huī zhī jí qù	to come when called (idiom); ready and compliant; always at sb's beck and call
挥发性存储器	huī fā xìng cún chǔ qì	volatile memory
一挥而就	yī huī ér jiù	to finish (a letter, a painting) at a stroke
指挥家	zhǐ huī jiā	(music) conductor
超常发挥	chāo cháng fā huī	to outdo oneself; to perform exceptionally well
总指挥部	zǒng zhǐ huī bù	general headquarters
指挥者	zhǐ huī zhě	conductor; director
易挥发	yì huī fā	volatile
挥霍无度	huī huò wú dù	(idiom) to squander recklessly; to spend extravagantly
指挥部	zhǐ huī bù	headquarters; command post
指挥官	zhǐ huī guān	commander
即兴发挥	jí xìng fā huī	improvisation
挥动	huī dòng	to wave sth; to brandish
挥手	huī shǒu	to wave (one's hand)