动
dòngTraditional: 动
#1158 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
to move; movement
Word origin
A phono-semantic compound whose force radical marks effort and whose phonetic gives the sound. It means to move.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 云 (yún, phonetic) + 力 (force)
Stroke order
动
Examples
！
Do not move!
。
He moved his fingers a little.
台。
This machine still works.
风，树叶。
When the wind blew, the leaves moved.
。
We should set off now.
动 (dòng) means to move, and movement. It anchors many compounds such as 运动 sport and 动作 action.
Appears in 10 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 动.
行动xíng dòngaction, movement; to take action动物dòng wùanimal别动bié dòngdon't move, stay still活动huó dòngactivity, event, to move about移动yí dòngto move, to shift, mobile动作dòng zuòmovement, action, motion, gesture运动yùn dòngsport, exercise, to exercise, movement动手dòng shǒuto start work, to get to work, to lay hands on激动jī dòngexcited, stirred up, moved启动qǐ dòngto start up, to launch, to activate
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