動

音読おんよみ: ドウ

訓読くんよみ: うご・うごかす

画数かくすう: 11 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 力(ちから)

Meaning

Move, Motion, Change — Used for physical movement, emotional shifts, and mechanical actions.


  • 運動うんどう — exercise, movement
  • 自動車じどうしゃ — automobile
  • 感動かんどう — to be moved emotionally
  • 行動こうどう — behavior, action
  • 動物どうぶつ — animal
  • 動作どうさ — movement, gesture

The left part ⾞ indicates "motion" or “movement,” and the right part 力 means “power.” The character expresses the act of putting energy into movement — useful in physical, mechanical, or emotional contexts.

毎朝まいあさ運動うんどうをします。
I do exercise every morning.

子供こどもうごきました。
The child moved.

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