Taxonomy of meanings for 搖:　　

  • 搖 yáo (OC: k-lew MC: jiɛu) 餘昭切 平 廣韻：【動也作也又姓東越王摇句踐之後 】
    • SHAKE
      • viwaver, be unstable, be agitated; swerve off course
      • vt(oN)shake the contextually determinate object
      • vtoNshake (a tree etc); make unstable > activate
      • vtoNfigurativeactivate (oneself)
    • SURNAMES
      • =遙
    • 搖 yào (OC: k-lews MC: jiɛu) 弋照切 去 廣韻：【摇動又音遥 】

      Additional information about 搖

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        Criteria
      • WIND

        1. The dominant word for wind is fēng 風.

        2. Piāo 飄 and the rare biāo 飆 refer to whirlwind, and the word is also written with two characters as 扶搖.

        3. Mái 霾 refers to a violent storm blowing as a sandstorm, or as a rainstorm.

        Word relations
      • Assoc: (SHAKE)動/MOVE The current general word for movement of any kind, psychological as well as physical, is dòng 動 (ant. jìng 靜 "remain still").
      • Assoc: (SHAKE)徙/SHAKE