Chinese symbol for “movement”
动作
dòng zuò
Traditional: 動作
movement; motion; action; to act; to move
The closest CC-CEDICT match for movement is 动作 (dòng zuò), defined as: movement; motion; action; to act; to move.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “movement”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 动态 (動態) | dòng tài | movement; motion |
| 动静 (動靜) | dòng jìng | (detectable) movement; (sign of) activity; movement and stillness |
| 乐章 (樂章) | yuè zhāng | movement (of a symphony) |
| 运动 (運動) | yùn dòng | to move; to exercise |
| 移动 (移動) | yí dòng | to move; movement |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 动作.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 行动 (行動) | xíng dòng | operation; action |
| 动物 (動物) | dòng wù | animal |
| 推动 (推動) | tuī dòng | to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to |
| 劳动 (勞動) | láo dòng | work; toil |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work; (of a machine) to operate |
| 作为 (作為) | zuò wéi | one's conduct; deed |
See also: Japanese symbol for “movement”.
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.