揮 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

huī HSK7

wave, brandish

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 軍 represents the sound.

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

軍 Sound component

jūn army

Change in sound

揮 and 軍 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
揮 *qʷʰər
軍 *[k]ʷər

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Baxter-Sagart	xjw+j	qʷʰər	wave, brandish

《說文》：“揮，奮也。从手，軍聲。”

Simplified form of 揮. Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 军 represents the sound.

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

军 Sound component

jūn army

Change in sound

挥 and 军 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
挥 *qʷʰər
军 *[k]ʷər