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
- —微細運動fine motor skill; fine motor movement
- —粗大運動gross motor skill; gross motor movement
- —起動動詞inchoative verb; inceptive verb
- —作為動詞factitive verb
- —動作不良malfunction; defective operation; operational failure
- —等速運動uniform motion
- —市場動向market trend
- —動画撮影video shooting; video filming
- —自動音声automated voice
- —運動残効motion aftereffect
- —制動距離braking distance
- —全輪駆動all-wheel drive; AWD
- —血行動態hemodynamics
- —動物公園zoo; zoological park
- —自動配信automatic sending (of email, etc.); automatic delivery
- —珍呼運動campaign to replace bōsōzoku-related terms with less "cool"-sounding alternatives
- —格子振動lattice vibration
- —運動機能motor function
- —自動露出automatic exposure; AE
- —破壊活動subversive activities; sabotage