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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- dong4
- English meanings
- concuss, get moving, travel, go, use, eat or drink, act, arouse, stir, disturb, alter, touch, change, dynamic, locomote, move
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 云; right 力.
Meaning & sound clues
力 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “strength”.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
east
winter
to freeze
move; action
dig
east; host
ridgepole
ridgepole; building (measure)
gap
supervise; director; surname
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 一举一动
- 一动不动
- 主动
- 举动
- 互动
- 冲动
- 出动
- 动不动
- 动人
- 动作
- 动力
- 动向
- 动听
- 动员
- 动工
- 动弹
- 动态
- 动感
- 动手
- 动摇
- 动机
- 动物
- 动物园
- 动用
- 动画
- 动画片
- 动脉
- 动荡
- 动身
- 动静
- 劳动
- 劳动力
- 发动
- 变动
- 启动
- 带动
- 开动
- 惊天动地
- 惊心动魄
- 感动
- 手动
- 打动
- 拉动
- 振动
- 推动
- 摆动
- 改动
- 机动
- 机动车
- 波动
- 活动
- 流动
- 滚动
- 激动
- 灵机一动
- 煽动
- 生动
- 电动
- 电动车
- 移动
- 自动
- 行动
- 被动
- 触动
- 调动
- 跳动
- 转动
- 轰动
- 运动
- 运动会
- 运动员
- 震动
- 驱动
- 鼓动