The kanji 動: meaning, readings and stroke order

動

Meaning: move
On reading: ドウ dou
Kun reading: うご（く） ugoku、うご（かす） ugokasu
Strokes: 11
Radical: 力 power, force
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chuyển động (động)
Japanese: うごく。うごかす。
Korean: 움직이다 (동)
Chinese: 动、移动 (动)

Readings, words and example sentences

ドウ dou · on reading

運うん動どう
exercise
毎朝 運うん動どうをします。
I exercise every morning.

うご（く） ugoku · kun reading

動うごく
to move, to work (machine)
時計が 動うごかなく なりました。
The clock stopped working.

うご（かす） ugokasu · kun reading

動うごかす
to move (something)
音楽に合わせて体を 動うごかします。
I move my body to the music.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.