摇篮
yáo lán · HSK 7
cradle
👶🧺 摇 = rock/sway + 篮 = basket; a swaying basket is a cradle
摇 yáo means to rock or sway, and 篮 lán means basket. A cradle is literally a rocking basket. The 篮 basket component also shows up in 篮球 lánqiú, basketball.
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.