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Mythic Mandarin

冲动 (chōng dòng): meaning and stroke order

冲动 (chōng dòng) means to have an urge, to be impetuous, impulse, urge.

冲动

Simplified
冲动
Traditional
衝動
Pinyin
chōng dòng

Stroke order of 冲动

冲

  • chōng (of water) to dash against; to mix with water
  • chōng thoroughfare; to go straight ahead
  • chòng powerful; vigorous
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 沖

Stroke by stroke

动

  • dòng (of sth) to move; to set in movement
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 動

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 冲动

  1. chōng dòng Traditional 衝動
    • to have an urge
    • to be impetuous
    • impulse
    • urge

Radicals of the characters

冲
Radical 冫 (Kangxi radical 15) · 6 strokes · 冫 on the left, 中 on the right
动
Radical 力 (Kangxi radical 19) · 6 strokes · 云 on the left, 力 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).