漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
動: move, motion
Also: change, confusion, shift, shake
JLPT N411 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
力 carries the meaning · 重 gives the sound
11 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
ドウdou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 行動するこうどうするact, conduct,
- 運動するうんどうするexercise
- 感動するかんどうするbe deeply moved
- 移動するいどうするmove [v.t.]
- 自動車じどうしゃautomobile
- 動物園どうぶつえんzoo
- 運動靴うんどうぐつsneakers
- 自動ドアじどうドアautomatic door
- 不動産ふどうさんreal estate
- 活動かつどうactivity
うごくugoku · kun'yomi · on its own
- 動くうごくmove [v.i.]
うごかすugokasu · kun'yomi
- 動かすうごかすmove [v.t.]
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)重 (sound) + 力 strength (meaning)
However, the phonetic component is a reference to a heavy bag ready to be moved by a human being.
Source: Wiktionary, 動 (rev. 91206709), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Heavy (重) + power radical = the act of applying strength to something heavy to make it shift or change position.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 动 · traditional, as in Japanese · dòng
Japan keeps the traditional form 動; mainland China simplifies it to 动.
- Simplified
- 动 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 動 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin dòng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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