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The character 晃 is structurally composed of the component 日, meaning "sun", positioned above 光, meaning "light", which directly informs its original meaning related to brightness or dazzling illumination. From this foundational sense, the character's application broadened to encompass the verbal meaning of shaking or swaying, a semantic extension likely influenced by the perceived movement of flickering light. Consequently, 晃 now functions both as an adjective describing visual brilliance and as a verb denoting a back-and-forth motion.
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小船在水面晃动。
孩子高兴地晃着玩具。
他晃了晃手里的杯子。
灯光晃动，影子也在动。
她被晃眼的车灯吓了一跳。
地震时，整个房子都在晃动。
他晃动着旗帜，向人群致意。
尽管他努力保持平衡，身体还是不由自主地晃了一下。