Radical 扌

6 strokes

揚

hand 扌 (152a) + sunny (530a) = make known 扬

表扬 (436) biǎoyáng to praise

[发扬 (146) fāyáng develop, carry forward]

The signaller holds his hand aloft where it is sunny (so that his mirror catches the sun) to make known that the invaders are coming. / At the next relay station it’s cloudy, so the fairy has to fly onwards with the message, “The Yanks are coming!”