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
- —自動改札automatic turnstile (ticket gate)
- —仮現運動apparent movement
- —解放運動liberation movement; emancipation movement
- —活動範囲sphere of action; scope of activity; range of work
- —消火活動fire fighting
- —能動光学active optics (telescope)
- —軌道運動orbital motion
- —反芻動物ruminant
- —自動運転automatic operation (machine); automatic driving (vehicle)
- —自動電話public telephone; payphone; pay phone
- —弾性振動elastic vibration
- —断層運動fault movement; fault motion; faulting
- —傾動地塊tilt block; tilted fault block
- —地塊運動block movement
- —北極振動Arctic oscillation
- —志望動機reason for (one's) application (esp. to a company)
- —人間活動human activity
- —慈善活動philanthropic activity; charity work
- —動産保険property insurance
- —市民活動civic activity; activities initiated by the citizens themselves