Chinese symbol for “motivate”
促动
cù dòng
Traditional: 促動
to motivate
The closest CC-CEDICT match for motivate is 促动 (cù dòng), defined as: to motivate.
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
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “motivate”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 促动.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 促进 (促進) | cù jìn | to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost |
| 促使 | cù shǐ | to prompt; to induce; to spur |
| 促成 | cù chéng | to facilitate; to help bring about |
| 促销 (促銷) | cù xiāo | to promote sales |
| 敦促 | dūn cù | to press; to urge |
| 督促 | dū cù | to supervise and urge completion of a task; to urge on |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “motivate”.
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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