摇
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to shake; to rock; to row; to crank
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 手 +10
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 搖
- Common rank
- #1,186
- Unicode
- U+6447
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 摇 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
扌 meaning “hand” + 䍃 sound ()
Components 扌 䍃
How to remember it
shake · Heisig RSH #1446
fingers + can opener
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 摇
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 地动山摇 | the earth quaked, the mountains shook (idiom); a tremendous battle | |
| 摇身一变 | to change shape in a single shake; fig. to take on a new lease of life | |
| 不动摇 | unmoved | |
| 摇电话 | (old) to make a phone call | |
| 招摇过市 | (idiom) to parade oneself ostentatiously about town | |
| 手摇风琴 | hand organ; hurdy-gurdy | |
| 大摇大摆 | to strut; swaggering | |
| 摇人 | to call people over; to rally people together | |
| 摇头 | to shake one's head | |
| 动摇 | to sway; to waver; to rock; to rattle; to destabilize; to pose a challenge to | |
| 摇动 | to shake; to sway | |
| 手摇 | hand-cranked | |
| 摇手 | to wave the hand (to say goodbye, or in a negative gesture); crank handle | |
| 摇摆不定 | indecisive; wavering | |
| 东摇西摆 | (idiom) to sway from side to side; unsteady; (idiom) indecisive; hesitant | |
| 摇光 | Alkaid; Eta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper | |
| 摇头摆尾 | to nod one's head and wag one's tail (idiom); to be well pleased with oneself; to have a l… | |
| 后摇 | post-rock (music genre) | |
| 摇钱树 | legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken; (fig.) source of easy money | |
| 摇战 | (literary) to shake with fear |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 䍃 — compare how they read.