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Chinese symbol for “movable”

活动
huó dòng
Traditional: 活動
to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc); movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc); (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity

The closest CC-CEDICT match for movable is 活动 (huó dòng), defined as: to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc); movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc); (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity; (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (项 (xiàng)); to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc.

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

活 huó
to exist, to live, to survive; living, working
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes
动 dòng
to move, to happen; movement, action
radical 19 ⼒ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “movable”

WordPinyinMeaning
可动 (可動)kě dòngmovable
浮fúto float; superficial

Related words

Other words that share a character with 活动.

WordPinyinMeaning
生活shēng huóto live; life
活跃 (活躍)huó yuèactive; lively
活着 (活著)huó zhealive
活力huó lìenergy; vitality
灵活 (靈活)líng huóflexible; nimble
运动 (運動)yùn dòngto move; to exercise
行动 (行動)xíng dòngoperation; action
动物 (動物)dòng wùanimal

See also: Japanese symbol for “movable”.

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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