Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
Variants:
brandish, wave, wag, swing, shake
Kun:
ふる.う
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
946 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 揮発 【キハツ】 volatilization, volatilisation
  • 揮毫 【キゴウ】 writing (esp. commissioned calligraphy), drawing, painting
  • 総指揮 【ソウシキ】 supreme command, direction over all
  • 陣頭指揮 【ジントウシキ】 taking command of a corps in a battle, command exercised by the leader of a group

Kun reading compounds

  • 振るう 【ふるう】 to swing, to wield (physically), to exert, to exercise (e.g. power, ability), to exhibit, to display, to wield (metaphorically), to flourish, to prosper, to thrive

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
hui1
Korean:
hwi

Spanish

  • manejar
  • ejercer
  • exhibir
  • exponer

Portuguese

  • agitar
  • onda
  • sacudir
  • balançar
  • mexer

French

  • brandir
  • agiter
  • remuer
  • balancer
  • secouer
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833 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
883 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1960 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1565 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1371 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1652 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
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717 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
430 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
538 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
669 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
12394 Morohashi
589 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2229 New Nelson (John Haig)
662 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
715 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
939 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1355 2001 Kanji
3c9.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-9 SKIP code
5705.6 Four corner code
1-20-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
63ee Unicode hex code