to arrange / to exhibit / to move to and fro / a pendulum

= + : Beelzebub (b) is on a strike (罢) again, this time in the airplane (ai3). The central action of his strike is to stop the royal pendulum (摆) using a toy claw (扌) and laughing devilishly.

擺 character breakdown

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

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.
to stop / to cease / to dismiss / to suspend / to quit / to finish

= + : Beelzebub (b) is on a strike (罢) in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He is not a Sissy though, so he locked his arms in a concrete barrel (去) hanging right under the floor in a net (罒) so he is hard to get at. He will shout at anyone who wants to use the toilet until his demands are fulfilled.
(final particle, same as 吧)

Characters with 擺 as component

擺 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 擺

to sway / to wobble / to waver
to sway / to swing / to move back and forth / to oscillate
hem of a skirt / shirt tail
swaggering / staggering / waddling
simple pendulum (physics)
to nod one's head and wag one's tail (idiom) / to be well pleased with oneself / to have a lighthearted air
swing state (US politics)
swing (genre of jazz music)
to play tricks on / to make a fool of
to assume / to adopt (a look, pose, manner etc) / to bring out for display
(of a pendulum) to stop swinging / (of work, production, activities etc) to come to a halt / to be suspended / to be canceled / shutdown / (sports) lockout
lit. to set up a stall on the ground / fig. to start up a new business
yawing (of a boat)
to twist and sway (one's body)

Sentences with 擺

擺 currently does not appear in any sentence.