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)
On readings
ドウ
Kun readings
うごくうごかす
Words with 動
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —動量momentum
- —動輪driving wheel
- —波動wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
- —浮動floating
- —脈動pulsation; pulsatory motion
- —鳴動rumbling; (ringing) cadence
- —律動rhythm
- —蠕動vermiculation; peristalsis; crawling like a worm
- —蠢動wriggling; squirming; writhing; maneuvering (behind the scenes; of insignificant people); manoeuvring; planning mischief
- —顫動vibration; to tremble; to shake
- —妄動rash act; reckless act
- —動悸palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
- —伝動transmission (of motive power); drive; gearing
- —拍動pulsation; pulsebeat
- —動線line of flow (of people, objects, etc.)
- —策動maneuvers; manoeuvers; machinations; scheming
- —生動vitality
- —他動transitive verb
- —揺動titubation; shaking; swinging
- —差動differential (e.g. motion)