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Chinese symbol for “dynamic”

动态
dòng tài
Traditional: 動態
movement; motion; development; trend

The closest CC-CEDICT match for dynamic is 动态 (dòng tài), defined as: movement; motion; development; trend; dynamic (science).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

动 dòng
to move, to happen; movement, action
radical 19 ⼒ · 6 strokes
态 tài
manner, bearing, attitude
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “dynamic”

WordPinyinMeaning
动感 (動感)dòng gǎnsense of movement (often in a static work of art); dynamic
活力四射huó lì sì shèdynamic; enthusiastic

Related words

Other words that share a character with 动态.

WordPinyinMeaning
活动 (活動)huó dòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
运动 (運動)yùn dòngto move; to exercise
行动 (行動)xíng dòngoperation; action
动物 (動物)dòng wùanimal
推动 (推動)tuī dòngto push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
劳动 (勞動)láo dòngwork; toil
状态 (狀態)zhuàng tàicondition; state; state of affairs
态度 (態度)tài dumanner; bearing

See also: Japanese symbol for “dynamic”.

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.

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