動 – move, motion, change

11 strokesTaught in grade 3#73 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 動 means move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ドウ (dou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is うご.く、うご.かす (ugoku, ugokasu). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 力 (no. 19).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ドウ	dou
Kun’yomi	うご.く	ugoku
Kun’yomi	うご.かす	ugokasu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 力 (Kangxi radical 19). Components: ｜・一・日・力・里・ノ.

Words using 動

動物どうぶつanimal自動車じどうしゃcar運動うんどうexercise動くうごくto move動物園どうぶつえんzoo自動じどうautomatic移動いどうmovement活動かつどうactivity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.)感動かんどうbeing deeply moved emotionally行動こうどうaction異動いどう(personnel) change動詞どうしverb動揺どうようshaking動かすうごかすto move動作どうさmovement (of the body)形容動詞けいようどうしadjectival noun (in Japanese)動的どうてきdynamic動力どうりょくpower動きうごきmovement動員どういんmobilization動機どうきmotive動向どうこうtrend出動しゅつどうmobilization振動しんどうoscillation

Example sentences

私はその動物の名前を知っている。

I know the name of this animal.

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私達はその自動車を12,000ドルで買った。

We bought the car for $12,000.

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その運動をして若返った。

The exercise took years off me.

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Kanji with the same radical

力務加勝勢助労効努募勤功勉勧励勇

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