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动 — stroke order

dòng
ㄉㄨㄥˋ
Meaning
to move
Strokes
6
Radical
Practise 动 in the full tool →

Watch how to write (dòng) stroke by stroke. 动 has 6 strokes and means “to move”. It appears in common words such as 活动 (to exercise) and 感动 (to move). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.

Common words with 动

The most common words that use 动 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.

活动huódòngto exercise感动gǎndòngto move心动xīndòngheartbeat冲动chōngdòngto have an urge移动yídòngto move激动jīdòngto excite

How 动 is written

Radical
Components
Formation
Pictophonetic character — formed from a semantic component 力 (strength).

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