The word "搅动" is formed by combining the character 搅, which means to stir or disturb and incorporates the hand radical 扌 to imply manual action, with the character 动, meaning to move or set in motion. In this compound, 搅 represents the act of stirring, while 动 indicates the consequent movement, resulting in a verb that denotes agitating or causing something to move through stirring.