IDENTITY
动dòngto move
HSK 1Top 100
CORE MEANING
to move
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to move; to actHSK1
- 2.motion; activityHSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 力strength radical (lì)
- strokes
- 6
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰云力
- gives the sound dòng (historical)
- strength; effort
USAGE
Common words
运动yùndòngsports
动物dòngwùanimal
活动huódòngactivity
Graded examples
我每天做运动。Wǒ měitiān zuò yùndòng.HSK2
I exercise every day.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 切
LEARNING
Memory aid
Clouds (云) pushed by strength (力) — motion. (Simplified from 動, 重+力.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #100
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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