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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.

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

运 yùn
to run; ship, transport; fortune, luck
radical 162 ⾡ · 7 strokes
动 dòng
to move, to happen; movement, action
radical 19 ⼒ · 6 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “move”

WordPinyinMeaning
动 (動)dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement
移动 (移動)yí dòngto move; movement
运 (運)yùnto move; to transport
搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky)
感动 (感動)gǎn dòngto move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 运动.

WordPinyinMeaning
运用 (運用)yùn yòngto 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 shūto transport; to carry
命运 (命運)mìng yùnfate; destiny
幸运 (幸運)xìng yùnfortunate; lucky; good fortune; luck
活动 (活動)huó dòngto exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc)
行动 (行動)xíng dòngoperation; action
动物 (動物)dòng wùanimal

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.

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