dòng

Traditional: 动

#5133 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

to move; to act; movement

Stroke order

Stroke order for 动

Examples

Please don't touch my things.

We must act immediately.

My favourite animal is the dog.

Don't touch my books.

zhǐ

He moved his fingers a little.

动 (dòng) means to move or act, central to 行动 (xíng dòng) "action" and 动物 (dòng wù) "animal".

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 动.

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This word is part of lesson 103.