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Chinese symbol for “mobile”

流动
liú dòng
Traditional: 流動
to flow; to circulate; to move about; mobile; (of assets) liquid

The closest CC-CEDICT match for mobile is 流动 (liú dòng), defined as: to flow; to circulate; to move about; mobile; (of assets) liquid.

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

流 liú
to flow, to drift, to circulate; class
radical 85 ⽔ · 10 strokes
动 dòng
to move, to happen; movement, action
radical 19 ⼒ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “mobile”

WordPinyinMeaning
行动 (行動)xíng dòngoperation; action
移动式 (移動式)yí dòng shìmobile
移动 (移動)yí dòngto move; movement
游动 (游動)yóu dòngto move about; to go from place to place
动态雕塑 (動態雕塑)dòng tài diāo sù(fine arts) a mobile

Related words

Other words that share a character with 流动.

WordPinyinMeaning
交流jiāo liúto exchange; exchange
流行liú xíng(of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable
主流zhǔ liúmain stream (of a river); fig. the essential point
流量liú liàngflow rate; throughput of passengers; volume of traffic; (hydrology) discharge
流通liú tōngto circulate; to distribute; circulation; distribution
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

See also: Japanese symbol for “mobile”.

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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