Info on the Kanji 動 | What's a Kanji? |
| move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake | |
| onyomi | DOU |
| kunyomi | ugo-ku, ugo-kasu |
| stroke count | 11 |
| grade | 3 |
| jlpt level | N4 |
| Example words with 動 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 動どう dou | motion / change / confusion |
| 運動うんどう undou | motion / exercise |
| 起動きどう kidou | startup / activation / starting / launch |
| 言動げんどう gendou | speech and conduct / words and deeds |
| 行動こうどう koudou | action / conduct / behaviour / behavior / mobilization / mobilisation |
| 作動さどう sadou | operation / functioning / running |
| 始動しどう shidou | starting / activation |
| 自動じどう jidou | automatic / self-motion / intransitive verb |
| 主動しゅどう shudou | leadership |
| 手動しゅどう shudou | manual |
| 出動しゅつどう shutsudou | sailing / marching / going out / dispatch |
| 生動なまどう nama dou | vitality |
| 多動たどう ta dou | hyperactivity |
| 体動からだどう karada dou | body motion |
| 電動でんどう dendou | electric |
| 動きうごき ugoki | movement / activity / trend / development / change |
| 動くうごく ugoku | to move / to stir / to shift / to shake / to swing / to operate / to run / to go / to work / to be touched / to be influenced / to change / to vary / to fluctuate / to waver / certain / factual / to be transferred |
| 動員どういん douin | mobilization / mobilisation |
| 動画どうが douga | video / movie / moving picture / in-betweening |
| 動気どうき douki | palpitation / pulsation / throbbing |
| 動作どうさ dousa | action / movements / motions / bearing / behaviour / behavior / execution / actuation / operation / manners |
| 動体どうからだ dou karada | moving body |
| 動天どうてん dou ten | heaven-shaking event / earth-shattering occurrence |
| 動転どうてん douten | being upset / being surprised and stunned / transition / changing / moving |
| 動物どうぶつ doubutsu | animal |
| 動力どうりょく douryoku | power / motive power / dynamic force |
| 発動はつどう hatsudou | invoke / put into operation |
| 不動ふどう fudou | immobility / firmness / fixed / steadfastness / motionless / idle |
| 運動員うんどういん undouin | campaigner |
| 運動家うんどういえ undou ie | activist / crusader / athlete |
| 運動会うんどうかい undoukai | athletic meet / sports day |
| 運動界うんどうかい undou kai | the world of sports |
| 運動学うんどうがく undougaku | kinematics / kinesiology |
| 運動者うんどうもの undou mono | activist / crusader |
| 運動場うんどうじょう undoujou | sports ground / playing field / playground |
| 運動着うんどうちゃく undou chaku | sportswear |
| 運動野うんどうの undou no | motor area |
| 運動力うんどうちから undou chikara | impetus |
| 円運動えんうんどう en undou | circular motion |
| 気動車きどうしゃ kidousha | train powered by a diesel or internal-combustion engine |
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| 不規則動詞の勉強は好きではない。 昨日動物園に行った。 windows95対応のゲームを動かしたいのです。 その車は動こうとしなかった。 |
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