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Kanji Detail for 搖 - "to sway"
搖
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Meaning
搖 means "to sway." Also associated with to waver, to stir.
Shake - To move back and forth.
Sway - To rock; to swing.
Waver - To be unsteady.
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Tattoo check: 搖
- Verified meaning: to sway
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Also carries these associations: to waver, to stir
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
wag; swing; wave; shake; scull
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
wag, swing, wave; shake; scull
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Yao
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to rock, to shake; to swing, to wave
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To shake. Such as 搖手, meaning waving the hand.
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Related Keywords
More kanji with the radical 手 扌 (te・tehen)
- 才 talent, ability
- 手 hand, arm
- 打 to strike, to hit
- 払 to pay, to brush off
- 托 entrust, support, request
- 扱 to handle
- 扶 support, help
- 批 to strike
- 技 skill, technique, art
- 抄 to copy, to extract
- 把 grasp, handle, bundle
- 抑 to suppress, to control
- 投 to throw, to pitch, to give up
- 抗 to resist
- 折 to fold, to break, occasion
- 抜 to pull out
- 択 to choose, to select, option
- 承 to hear
- 披 open, reveal
- 抱 to embrace, to employ
- 抵 to touch, to resist
- 抹 erase, rub
- 押 to push, seal
- 抽 to select, abstract
- 拂 brush
- 担 to carry, charge, to take on