搖

yáo = y + ao2

surname Yao

摇 = 扌 + 爫 + 缶 : The aorta has been flooded, and Maud Younger (y) takes the opportunity to establish a new business. She connects many floating pottery (缶) bowls using toy claws (扌) and in this way builds a small raft. On this raft she is ready to shave anyone's head for a small fee using her electric razor (爫), but as she is floating through the aorta's kitchen (ao2) she notices that not only the raft is very shaky and wobbly (摇), but also that there is no electricity available and the razor's batteries are already dead.

yáo = y + ao2

to shake / to rock / to row / to crank

摇 = 扌 + 爫 + 缶 : The aorta has been flooded, and Maud Younger (y) takes the opportunity to establish a new business. She connects many floating pottery (缶) bowls using toy claws (扌) and in this way builds a small raft. On this raft she is ready to shave anyone's head for a small fee using her electric razor (爫), but as she is floating through the aorta's kitchen (ao2) she notices that not only the raft is very shaky and wobbly (摇), but also that there is no electricity available and the razor's batteries are already dead.

搖 character breakdown

搖
- 䍃
  - 爪
  - 缶
    - 午
      - 十
        
        一
        
        丨
      - 𠂉
        
        一
        
        丿
    - 山
      - 丨
      - 凵
- 扌
  - 亅
  - 二
    - 一

yáo = y + ao2

(archaic) vase / pitcher

shǒu = sh + ou3

"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc

扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.

Characters with 搖 as component

搖 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 搖

to sway / to waver / to rock / to rattle / to destabilize / to pose a challenge to

to rock back and forth / (fig.) to act ostentatiously / to brag / to show off

to shake / to sway

to parade oneself ostentatiously about town (idiom)

(idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority

hand-cranked

to skyrocket / to get quick promotion in one's career

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

eta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper

to mix by shaking

lit. to behave like a dog wagging its tail, seeking its master's affection (idiom) / fig. to fawn on sb / to bow and scrape / to grovel

(literary) to shake with fear

unmoved

to strut / swaggering

lit. the sky shakes and the ground revolves / momentous changes are underway (idiom)

post-rock (music genre)

post-rock (music genre)

hand crank

hand organ / hurdy-gurdy

hand-mixed drink (of the kind sold at a bubble tea shop)

Sentences with 搖

搖 currently does not appear in any sentence.