搖 (yáo)
to shake; to rock; to wave
How 搖 is written
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Traditional
- 搖
- Simplified
- 摇
Components
- 扌 hand
- 月 moon
- 缶 jar
Common words using 搖
- 搖擺 yáobǎi
- to sway; to wobble; to waver
- 搖滾 yáogǔn
- to shake and boil; rock and roll (music)
- 動搖 dòngyáo
- to sway; to waver; to rock
- 大搖大擺 dàyáodàbǎi
- to strut; swaggering
- 招搖 zhāoyáo
- to act ostentatiously; to brag; to show off
- 搖動 yáodòng
- to shake; to sway
- 搖擺不定 yáobǎibùdìng
- indecisive; wavering
- 搖晃 yáohuàng
- to rock; to shake; to sway
- 搖曳 yáoyè
- to flicker (of flame); to sway; to bend (in the wind)
- 搖籃 yáolán
- cradle
- 搖號 yáohào
- lottery
- 搖身 yáoshēn
- lit. to shake one's body; refers to abrupt transformation; same as 搖身一變|摇身一变
搖 in a sentence
台灣人很愛喝手搖飲料。
Táiwānrén hěn ài hē shǒuyáo yǐnliào.
“Taiwanese people love drinking hand-shaken beverages.”
How common is 搖?
搖 is the 938th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 88.1% of all running text.
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