# 揺 sway, joggle

(handleft) + (nest) + 缶 (can, like 'canned beef')
★★☆☆☆
12 strokes

## Onyomi

YOU | She YODELS so loud it'll make a skyscraper sway.

## Mnemonic

| The '缶' radical is somewhat simplified, but let's roll with it anyway, because we can say: He holds out his hand, holding a tin can with a nest on top of it, and jiggles it so the nest sways.

## Kunyomi

( を ) ゆ＊さぶる | I shake or shock something : I make something sway ★★★☆☆
( が ) ゆ＊れる | something gets a jolt, something sways ★★★☆☆
( を ) ゆ＊する | to shock , jolt, to make something sway or shake ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

動揺(どうよう) する | jolt ☆☆☆☆☆ 動 (movement) + 揺 (sway, joggle) = 動揺 (jolt) to be agitated or unsettled, to be jolted

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
振 | brandish / pretend | PAYBACK |
援 | assist | HAND | 手
緩 | become loose / abate | STRING | 糸
揺 | sway, joggle | CAN | 缶

He's brandishing a firearm to with which to dish out some PAYBACK,

I use my HAND to assist a bird in building a nest.

When you loosen the STRING, the CAN begins to sway.