挥
huī HSK4

wave, brandish

挥 (揮) huī
wave verb
to wave, brandish, or shake something such as a hand, flag, or weapon

他向岸上的朋友挥手致意。

tā xiàng àn shàng de péng​you huī shǒu zhì​yì.

He waved to his friends on the shore.

command verb
to command, direct, or conduct

将军挥师北上，准备收复失地。

jiāng​jūn huī shī běi​shàng, zhǔn​bèi shōu​fù shī​dì.

The general led his troops north to reclaim the lost territory.

scatter idiom
to scatter, disperse, or wipe away (often liquids or money)

他在赛场上挥汗如雨。

tā zài sài​chǎng shàng huī​hàn​rú​yǔ.

He was sweating profusely on the field.

Frequency
Character
Written text
742nd most common 256.9 per million
Movie subtitles
1,123rd most common 81.0 per million appears in 29% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
15.1 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
30.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Traditional
揮
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+6325

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)