Wednesday, November 4, 2015

動揺

douyou
disturbance, unrest, excitement, turmoil

I thought I had seen the second character before. (The first character was old hat, as it is the character used in 動く ugoku, the verb, to move, and in 自動車 zidousya, the noun, automobile.) The second character is usually found in the verb 揺れる yureru, to shake, or to sway, but I had it confused with the second character in 民謡 min'you, folk song. I hope you can see why. It's just the difference of the radical on the left side of the character, the 手偏 tehen radical vs. the 言偏 gonben radical. But of course, that makes all the difference.

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