摆
bǎi · HSK 4
to arrange; to exhibit
🤚 摆 = 扌(hand) + 罢 (bà, to stop) — hand sets things down to rest
The 扌radical marks hand actions; 罢 (bà) hints at the sound bǎi and the sense of stopping/setting. Together: a hand placing or arranging items so they stay put.
摆 — hand radical 扌 + 罢 bà (phonetic)
摆 is a semantic-phonetic compound: the hand radical 扌 signals an action done with the hands, while 罢 supplies the sound (bà → bǎi). The original sense was to arrange or set things out by hand, which extended to swinging, swaying, and displaying. The simplified form 摆 replaces traditional 擺.