扤
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Meaning: to shake
💡 Think of a hand (扌) giving a sudden 'whew (wù)' shake to something.
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Character Story & Explanation
The character 扤 (wù) is a rare, archaic Chinese character meaning 'to shake' or 'to move'. It is composed of the hand radical 扌 and the phonetic component 兀 (wù), which suggests a sudden or jerky motion. Historically, it appears in classical texts, but it is not used in modern Chinese. Its obscurity makes it a linguistic curiosity, similar to a forgotten gesture captured in script.
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