動
動 — move, motion, change
- JLPT
- JLPT N4
- Strokes
- 11
- Taught in
- School year 3
- Frequency
- #73 most common
Readings
On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.
- On'yomi
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- どう dou
- どう dou
- Kun'yomi
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- うご.く ugo.ku
- うご.かす ugo.kasu
- うご.く ugo.ku
Words that use 動
A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.
- 自動車 じどうしゃ car JLPT N5
- 動物 どうぶつ animal JLPT N5
- 運動 うんどう exercise JLPT N4
- 動物園 どうぶつえん zoo JLPT N4
- 動く うごく to move JLPT N4
- 自動 じどう automatic JLPT N3
- 移動 いどう movement JLPT N3
- 動かす うごかす to move JLPT N3
- 活動 かつどう activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.) JLPT N3
- 感動 かんどう being deeply moved emotionally JLPT N3