揮 – brandish, wave, wag

12 strokesTaught in grade 6#946 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 揮 means brandish, wave, wag, swing, shake. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キ (ki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ふる.う (furuu). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 手 (no. 64).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キ	ki
Kun’yomi	ふる.う	furuu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 手 (Kangxi radical 64). Components: 車・冖・扎.

Words using 揮

指揮しきcommand発揮はっきshow (of power, ability, etc.)

Example sentences

彼女は計画の立案を指揮した。

She directed the planning of the project.

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指揮者はオーケストラの指揮をする。

A conductor directs an orchestra.

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この作家が本領を発揮しているのは短編小説だ。

This writer is at his best in his short stories.

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Kanji with the same radical

手持指投打提挙援担技撃推接授摘批

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