KanjiN4Grade 3 · 小311 strokesRadical 力#73 in newspapers
動 · move, motion
動 is a kanji meaning move, motion, change, confusion. It has 11 strokes and is on the JLPT N4 list.
On'yomi · from Chinese
- ドウdō
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- うごくugoku
- うごかすugokasu
Practise the N4 kanji
In 第10巻 JLPT N4, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.
Words that use 動 · 30 in our JLPT lists
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 自動車じどうしゃ | じどうしゃ | automobile | N5 |
| 動物どうぶつ | どうぶつ | animal | N5 |
| 運動うんどう | うんどう | exercise | N4 |
| 動物園どうぶつえん | どうぶつえん | zoo | N4 |
| 動くうごく | うごく | to move | N4 |
| 自動じどう | じどう | automatic, self-motion | N3 |
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| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 移動いどう | いどう | migration, movement | N3 |
| 動かすうごかす | うごかす | to move, to shift | N3 |
| 活動かつどう | かつどう | action, activity | N3 |
| 感動かんどう | かんどう | being deeply moved, excitement | N3 |
| 行動こうどう | こうどう | action, conduct, behavior | N3 |
| 異動いどう | いどう | a change, transfer | N3 |
| 動詞どうし | どうし | verb | N3 |
| 動揺どうよう | どうよう | disturbance, flutter shock | N3 |
| 形容動詞けいようどうし | けいようどうし | adjectival noun, quasi-adjective | N2 |
| 動作どうさ | どうさ | action, movements, motions | N2 |
| 動的どうてき | どうてき | dynamic, kinetic | N1 |
| 動力どうりょく | どうりょく | power, motive power, dynamic force | N1 |
| 動きうごき | うごき | movement, activity, trend | N1 |
| 動員どういん | どういん | mobilization | N1 |
| 動機どうき | どうき | motive, incentive | N1 |
| 動向どうこう | どうこう | trend, tendency, movement, attitude | N1 |
| 出動しゅつどう | しゅつどう | mobilization, action | N1 |
| 振動しんどう | しんどう | oscillation, vibration | N1 |
| 騒動そうどう | そうどう | strife, riot, rebellion | N1 |
| 他動詞たどうし | たどうし | transitive verb (direct object) | N1 |
| 助動詞じょどうし | じょどうし | auxiliary verb | N1 |
| 不動産ふどうさん | ふどうさん | real estate | N1 |
| 変動へんどう | へんどう | change, fluctuation | N1 |
| 暴動ぼうどう | ぼうどう | insurrection, riot, uprising | N1 |
Example sentence
私はその動物の名前を知っている。
わたしはそのどうぶつのなまえをしっている
I know the name of this animal.
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #159921 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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