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動

dòng

move

Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 重 represents the sound.

Components
力 meaning component

力  Meaning component

lì

  

power

重 sound component

重  Sound component

zhòng, chóng

  

heavy

Evolution

動 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
動 Regular script Modern

Regular 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 動
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)

慟

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

慟

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[Cə-m-]tˤoŋʔ

duwngX

dòng

move


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 96.8124% of movies

167th most common character in movies

73rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Simplified

动

Unicode

U+52D5

Shuowen

“動，作也。从力，重聲。，古文動从辵。”


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