身振り
みぶり · miburi · JLPT N1 · noun
gesture
🖐️ 身 = body + 振り = swinging: body swinging = gesture
身 (mi) means body. 振り (buri) is the noun form of 振る (furu), to swing or wave, with rendaku making the f into b. Body movements that carry meaning are gestures.
身 — pictograph of a pregnant body
身 is a pictograph originally depicting a person with a swollen belly, representing a pregnant woman in profile. Over time the meaning broadened from 'pregnancy' or 'torso' to refer to the body in general, and by extension oneself or one's person.