Chinese symbol for “agitate”
鼓动
gǔ dòng
Traditional: 鼓動
to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite; to beat; to flap (wings, a fan etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for agitate is 鼓动 (gǔ dòng), defined as: to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite; to beat; to flap (wings, a fan etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “agitate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 点火 (點火) | diǎn huǒ | to ignite; to light a fire |
| 搅拌 (攪拌) | jiǎo bàn | to stir; to agitate |
| 惊扰 (驚擾) | jīng rǎo | to alarm; to agitate |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 鼓动.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 鼓励 (鼓勵) | gǔ lì | to encourage |
| 鼓舞 | gǔ wǔ | to inspire; to encourage; to hearten; to boost (morale) |
| 鼓吹 | gǔ chuī | to agitate for; to enthusiastically promote |
| 鼓掌 | gǔ zhǎng | to applaud; to clap |
| 打鼓 | dǎ gǔ | to beat a drum; to play a drum |
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
| 行动 (行動) | xíng dòng | operation; action |
See also: Japanese symbol for “agitate”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.