動

See also 动, 働, and 重力

Translingual

Alternative forms

• 𨔝, 㣫

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 重 + semantic 力 (“strength”)

Han character

動 (radical 19 力+9, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹土大尸 (HGKS), four-corner 2412₇, composition ⿰重力)

1. to move, to happen
2. movement, action

References

• KangXi: page 148, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2390
• Dae Jaweon: page 333, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 375, character 6
• Unihan data for U+52D5

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Cantonese

Hanzi

動 (simplified 动, Yale dung6)

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Japanese

Kanji

動 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: どう (dō)
• Kun: うごく (ugoku), うごかす (ugokasu), うごき (ugoki)

Compounds

• 運動 (うんどう, undō, “athletics”)
• 動画 (どうが, dōga, “video”)

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Korean

Hanja

動
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 동 (revised: dong, McCune-Reischauer: tong)

• Name (hangeul): 움직일()

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Mandarin

Hanzi

動 (simplified 动, pinyin dòng (dong4), Wade-Giles tung⁴)

Compounds

• 嚙齒目動物

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Vietnamese

Han character

動 (động, đụng)