动 (dòng): meaning and stroke order
动 (dòng) means (of sth) to move, to set in movement, to displace, to touch, to make use of.
动
- Simplified
- 动
- Traditional
- 動
- Pinyin
- dòng
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Stroke order of 动
动
- dòng (of sth) to move; to set in movement
- 6 strokes
- Traditional form: 動
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Meaning of 动
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dòng
Traditional 動
- (of sth) to move
- to set in movement
- to displace
- to touch
- to make use of
- to stir (emotions)
- to alter
- abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb
Radical and structure
- 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.
Words with 动
- 动人 dòng rén touching; moving
- 动手 dòng shǒu to set about (a task); to raise a hand to hit sb
- 动物 dòng wù animal; CL:隻|只[zhi1],群[qun2],個|个[ge4]
- 主动 zhǔ dòng to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord
- 打动 dǎ dòng to move (to pity); arousing (sympathy)
- 动作 dòng zuò movement; motion; action (CL:個|个[ge4]); to act; to move
- 运动 yùn dòng to move; to exercise
- 调动 diào dòng to transfer; to maneuver (troops etc)
- 游动 yóu dòng to move about; to go from place to place
- 感动 gǎn dòng to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally)
- 动画 dòng huà animation; cartoon
- 一动不动 yī dòng bù dòng motionless
动 in our stories
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第一天早上，她只跑了十分钟就跑不动了。
dì-yī tiān zǎoshang tā zhǐ pǎo le shí fēnzhōng jiù pǎo bú dòng le
On the first morning she ran only ten minutes before she couldn't run any more.
From the story A little more every day HSK 2
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小龙没有水，身体很干，一点儿也不能动。
xiǎo lóng méiyǒu shuǐ shēntǐ hěn gān yìdiǎnr yě bù néng dòng
The little dragon had no water; its body was dry and it could not move at all.
From the story The little dragon and the rain HSK 2
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它累得游不动了，可是还是没有回家。
tā lèi de yóu bú dòng le kěshì háishi méiyǒu huí jiā
It was too tired to swim, but it still didn't go home.
From the story The little carp's decision HSK 3
Stories using 动
- A little more every day HSK 2
- The little dragon and the rain HSK 2
- The little carp's decision HSK 3
- Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- Fighting battles on paper HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- The Butterfly Lovers HSK 7–9 · Level 8
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).