動 — dong

Parts that make up 動

How 動 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 動 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 重, 力.

Korean example words with 動

• 동병動兵 Korean gloss: 군사를 일으킴
• 동부動部 Korean gloss: 움직이는 부분
• 파동波動 Korean gloss: 물결의 움직임
• 동감動感 Korean gloss: 움직이는 듯한 느낌
• 동양動陽 Korean gloss: 양기(陽氣)가 움직임
• 야동野動 Korean gloss: 음란한 내용의 영상물
• 동태動態 Korean gloss: 움직이거나 변하는 모습
• 생동生動 Korean gloss: 생기 있게 살아 움직임
• 언동言動 Korean gloss: 말하고 행동함. 또는 말과 행동
• 동강動講 Korean gloss: ‘동영상 강의’를 줄여 이르는 말
• 동정動靜 Korean gloss: 일이나 현상이 벌어지고 있는 낌새
• 고동鼓動 Korean gloss: 피의 순환을 위하여 뛰는 심장의 운동

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 動

• 運動うんどう exercise; physical training; workout
• 活動かつどう activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation
• 行動こうどう action; conduct; behaviour
• 動きうごき movement; move; motion
• 自動車じどうしゃ car; automobile; motorcar
• 動物どうぶつ animal
• 不動産ふどうさん real estate
• 動向どうこう trend; tendency; movement
• 移動いどう movement; transfer; migration
• 自動じどう automatic; intransitive verb
• 変動へんどう change; fluctuation
• 動どう motion

Characters sharing the phonetic 動

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “동”

Other hanja with radical 力