振る

ふる · furu · JLPT N3 · verb-godan

to wave

👋 furu sounds like furious: wave and shake it furiously

The kanji 振 is the hand radical 扌 plus 辰, which carries the sound shin and an old sense of trembling: a hand that trembles, so to wave or shake. The cast meaning comes from handing out roles.

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