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动

dòng

move

Simplified form of 動. Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning. The sound component 重 was simplified to 云.

Components
力 meaning component

力  Meaning component

lì

  

power

云 simplified component

云  Simplified component

yún

  

clouds

Shorthand based on the cursive form of the 重 component in the traditional character 動.

Evolution

动 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
动 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
动 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
动 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
动 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

动 (動) 

dòng

move, happen; movement, action; (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[dòng​cí], verb

Most common words with 动
Freq.
Word
Meaning

活动

to exercise

动

to touch

行动

operation

运动

to move

动作

movement

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

恸

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

恸

Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 96.8124% of movies

167th most common character in movies

73rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

動

Unicode

U+52A8


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