Kanji
N1 10 strokes Grade 8 freq #614

shake, wave, wag, swing

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

hand te

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

promotion; encouragement
dullness; slump
strikeout
oscillation; vibration
striking a batter out
transfer; switching over
amplitude (of vibration)

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

swing; shake
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder
to wield; to brandish
shaking (something) out
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer
swing and a miss
choreography; dance composition
to shake off; to shake free from
pendulum
behavior; behaviour

Example sentences

Local finance are bankrolling the industrial promotion program.

The president held himself responsible for the slump in business, and left his post.

Many people will lose their jobs due to the slump in the auto industry.

Smith struck Jones out.