揮 (huī)
to wave; to brandish; to wipe away
How 揮 is written
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Traditional
- 揮
- Simplified
- 挥
Components
- 扌 hand
- 冖 cover
- 車 car
Common words using 揮
- 指揮 zhǐhuī
- to conduct; to command; to direct
- 揮霍 huīhuò
- to squander money; extravagant; prodigal
- 發揮 fāhuī
- to display; to exhibit; to bring out implicit or innate qualities
- 揮之不去 huīzhībùqù
- impossible to get rid of
- 揮手 huīshǒu
- to wave (one's hand)
- 揮淚 huīlèi
- to brush away a tear; to shed tears
- 揮灑 huīsǎ
- to sprinkle; to shed (tears, blood etc); fig. free, unconstrained
- 揮發 huīfā
- volatile; volatility
- 揮舞 huīwǔ
- to brandish; to wave sth
- 揮霍無度 huīhuòwúdù
- extravagance; extravagant
- 一揮而就 yīhuīérjiù
- to finish (a letter, a painting) at a stroke
- 借題發揮 jiètífāhuī
- to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas; to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss
揮 in a sentence
他向我揮手說再見。
Tā xiàng wǒ huīshǒu shuō zàijiàn.
“He waved goodbye to me.”
How common is 揮?
揮 is the 741st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 83.9% of all running text.
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