揺 — swing, shake, sway

ゆれ揺 swing

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes

U+63FA Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1079 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #2118 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

swing
shake
sway
rock
tremble
vibrate

word

ゆ yu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

揺(ゆ) れ yure shaking 揺(ゆ) れる yureru to shake

よう you On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

動(どう) 揺(よう) douyou disturbance

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

扌 hand (left form)

䍃 earthen jar

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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