漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
揮: brandish, wave
Also: wag, swing, shake
JLPT N112 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
扌 carries the meaning · 軍 gives the sound
12 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
キki · on'yomi · in compounds
- 揮発油きはつゆvolatile oil
- 指揮者しきしゃconductor
- 指揮棒しきぼうconductor's baton
- 指揮するしきするcommand, direct, conduct
- 発揮するはっきするdemonstrate one's ability
- 指揮しき
- 発揮はっき
Also read ふるう, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side揮 brandish · 扌
vs運 carry · ⻌In ChineseSimplified 挥 · traditional, as in Japanese · huī
Japan keeps the traditional form 揮; mainland China simplifies it to 挥.
- Simplified
- 挥 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 揮 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin huī most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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