摇
yáo · HSK 4
rock
🎶 摇 = 扌(hand) + 䍃 (jar of liquid) — hand shaking a jar
The 扌 radical marks a hand action; 䍃 originally depicted a hand over a jar of fermenting liquid. Together: the hand-motion of shaking or rocking something — hence rock, agitate, wigwag, row.
摇 — hand 扌 + 䍃 (phonetic, jar/pottery)
A semantic-phonetic compound: the hand radical 扌 gives the meaning of physical motion, while 䍃 (depicting a hand over a jar) supplies the sound. The original sense was to shake or sway something with the hand, later broadened to any swinging or rocking motion.