掻き回す
かきまわす · kakimawasu · JLPT N1 · noun
to stir up
🥄 掻く (scrape, rake) + 回す (turn around) = rake and spin it, so it churns up
掻く means to scratch or rake, and 回す means to turn or rotate. Together they describe raking through something while spinning it, so the word means to stir up or disturb.
回 — enclosure 囗 + smaller 囗 inside
回 is a pictograph of a swirling whirlpool or coiled spiral, shown as nested squares in modern form. The original meaning was 'to revolve' or 'turn around,' which extended to 'return' and 'a time/occurrence.' It also appears as a phonetic in characters like 茴 and 廻.