摇

yáo

to shake

surname Yao; to rock; to row; to crank

hand (扌) + phonetic (䍃) = to shake or rock

The hand radical (扌) anchors the meaning in physical gesture — shaking, rocking, rowing. 䍃 contributes the sound yáo and does not carry semantic weight here.

扌+䍃→摇
䍃No independent semantic role in this characterPhonetic
扌HandSemantic

他摇了摇头,表示不同意。

tā yáo le yáo tóu,biǎo shì bù tóng yì。

He shook his head to show he disagreed.

小船在水上轻轻地摇来摇去。

xiǎo chuán zài shuǐ shàng qīng qīng de yáo lái yáo qù。

The small boat rocked gently back and forth on the water.

Words with 摇

风雨飘摇

fēng yǔ piāo yáo

tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom)

大摇大摆

dà yáo dà bǎi

to strut

摇晃

yáo huàng

to rock; to shake; to sway

风雨漂摇

fēng yǔ piāo yáo

tossed about by the wind and rain (idiom)

飘摇

piāo yáo

floating in the wind

不动摇

bù dòng yáo

unmoved

动摇

dòng yáo

to sway

地动山摇

dì dòng shān yáo

the earth quaked, the mountains shook (idiom); a tremendous battle

天摇地转

tiān yáo dì zhuǎn

lit. the sky shakes and the ground revolves

后摇

hòu yáo

post-rock (music genre)

后摇滚

hòu yáo gǔn

post-rock (music genre)

手摇柄

shǒu yáo bǐng

hand crank

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