Kanji1 / 11
動 kanji
move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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On readings
ドウ
Kun readings
うごくうごかす
Words with 動
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —社会活動social activity
- —統一行動joint action; acting in unison
- —体節動物articulate (i.e. an arthropod or an annelid)
- —脱皮動物ecdysozoan (any animal of the superphylum Ecdysozoa, incl. arthropods, nematodes, etc.)
- —帰化動物naturalized animal; naturalised animal
- —夜行動物nocturnal animal
- —代名動詞pronominal verb
- —中生動物mesozoan
- —触手動物tentaculate (a tube worm, moss animal or lampshell)
- —環節動物annulosan
- —結婚活動searching for a marriage partner; marriage hunting; activities leading to marriage (e.g. dating, courtship)
- —活動銀河active galaxy
- —配偶行動mating behavior
- —求愛行動courtship behavior; courtship display
- —女性運動women's movement
- —特定動物animals designated as dangerous by Japanese law
- —子音動詞consonant stem verb; godan verb
- —母音動詞vowel stem verb; ichidan verb
- —自動楽器self-playing musical instrument (e.g. music box, player piano)
- —運動感覚kinesthesia; kinaesthesia