Chinese symbol for “touching”
动人
dòng rén
Traditional: 動人
touching; moving
The closest CC-CEDICT match for touching is 动人 (dòng rén), defined as: touching; moving.
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 “touching”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 感人 | gǎn rén | touching; moving |
| 缠绵 (纏綿) | chán mián | touching (emotions); lingering (illness) |
| 暖心 | nuǎn xīn | (coll.) heartwarming; touching; comforting and emotionally uplifting |
| 打动 (打動) | dǎ dòng | to move (to pity); arousing (sympathy) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 动人.
| 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 |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 人们 (人們) | rén men | people |
See also: Japanese symbol for “touching”.
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.