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揺れる

ゆれる

to shake, to sway

Mnemonic

The wind gets into the branches and the whole tree goes over and comes back, over and back. The same yo ゆ as the yo-yo in 動揺, and nobody laid a hand on it: ゆれる.

Built from

shake, sway
扌 a hand on the left with a jar stacked above and below on the right, and the whole lot rocking.

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