A kanji
動
move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
- 11 strokes
- Taught in grade 3 (kyōiku kanji)
- No. 73 of 2,500 in newspapers
On'yomi
ドウ
Kun'yomi
うご.く、うご.かす
A dot marks where the okurigana begin.
Stroke order
Stroke order is from KanjiVG, copyright Ulrich Apel, under CC BY-SA 3.0. A kanji is drawn only where KanjiVG and KANJIDIC2 count the same number of strokes.
Shapes inside it
The shapes EDRDG's KRADFILE lists 動 as containing. It is a lookup aid for finding a kanji by its parts: it says what the character contains, not where it comes from, and a shape need not be a kanji.
Written with 動 30 words
Grouped by JLPT level, easiest first, and oldest first within a level.
JLPT N5 · 2 words
JLPT N4 · 3 words
JLPT N3 · 9 words
JLPT N2 · 2 words
JLPT N1 · 14 words
- 不動産ふどうさんreal estate
- 動向どうこうtrend, tendency, movement, attitude
- 他動詞たどうしtransitive verb (direct object)
- 助動詞じょどうしauxiliary verb
- 動的どうてきdynamic, kinetic
- 動きうごきmovement, activity, trend
- 動力どうりょくpower, motive power, dynamic force
- 動員どういんmobilization
- 動機どうきmotive, incentive
- 出動しゅつどうmobilization, action
- 振動しんどうoscillation, vibration
- 騒動そうどうstrife, riot, rebellion
- 変動へんどうchange, fluctuation
- 暴動ぼうどうinsurrection, riot, uprising
Some of these words show it as a part of their “Taken apart” row: see the words taken apart with 動.
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