Chinese symbol for “move”
运动
yùn dòng
Traditional: 運動
to move; to exercise; sports; exercise
The closest CC-CEDICT match for move is 运动 (yùn dòng), defined as: to move; to exercise; sports; exercise; motion; movement.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “move”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 动 (動) | dòng | (of sth) to move; to set in movement |
| 移动 (移動) | yí dòng | to move; movement |
| 运 (運) | yùn | to move; to transport |
| 搬 | bān | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky) |
| 感动 (感動) | gǎn dòng | to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 运动.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 运用 (運用) | yùn yòng | to use; to put to use |
| 运行 (運行) | yùn xíng | (of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course; (fig.) to function; to be in operation |
| 运输 (運輸) | yùn shū | to transport; to carry |
| 命运 (命運) | mìng yùn | fate; destiny |
| 幸运 (幸運) | xìng yùn | fortunate; lucky; good fortune; luck |
| 活动 (活動) | huó dòng | to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) |
| 行动 (行動) | xíng dòng | operation; action |
| 动物 (動物) | dòng wù | animal |
See also: Japanese symbol for “move”.
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.