Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

揺: swing, shake

Also: sway, rock, tremble, vibrate

JLPT N112 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

扌 carries the meaning · 䍃 gives the sound

12 strokes

Five readings, and the words that use each

ヨウyou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 動揺どうようshaking; trembling; pitching

ゆれるyureru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 揺れるゆれるto shake; to sway; to rock

ゆるyuru · kun'yomi

  • 揺るゆるto shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle)
  • 揺るがすゆるがすto shake; to swing; to sway

ゆらぐyuragu · kun'yomi

  • 揺らぐゆらぐto swing; to sway; to shake
  • 揺らぎゆらぎquiver; quaver; flutter

ゆさぶるyusaburu · kun'yomi

  • 揺さぶりゆさぶりshaking; jolting
  • 揺さぶるゆさぶるto shake; to jolt; to rock

Also read ゆるぐ, ゆする, ゆすぶる, うごく, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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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.”
More in the 扌 hand story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
扌

Also built on hand (扌)

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䍃

Also built on 䍃

揺 takes the 䍃 family's reading, ヨウ (you).

Also read ヨウ

34 kanji share this on'yomiAll 34

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
揺 swing · 扌
vs遥 far off · ⻌
揺 has 扌 where 遥 has ⻌.
In ChineseSimplified 摇 · traditional 搖 · yáo

Three different forms: Japanese 揺, simplified 摇, traditional 搖.

Simplified
摇 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
搖 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yáo 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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