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振る

ふる

to wave, to shake

Mnemonic

The tail goes like a hand seeing off a dragon. The same ふる as the full buckets of rain in 降る, except that this one goes side to side and will not stop until somebody says the word: ふる.

Built from

shake, swing
扌 hand + 辰 dragon

Also read ふる

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