動

move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ドウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

うご.かすうご.く

Nanori (名乗り)

るぎ

Stroke Order

11 / 11

Information

Grade:3

Strokes:11

JLPT:N4

Frequency:73

Vocabulary

ドウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
異動	イドウ	(personnel) change; transfer; relocation; reassignment; reshuffle
移動	イドウ	movement; transfer; migration; removal; travel; mobile; moving; traveling; travelling; roving
運動	ウンドウ	exercise; physical training; workout; sports; athletics; appeal; campaign; drive; crusade; movement; lobbying; motion; movement
運動会	ウンドウカイ	athletic meet (esp. at a school); sports day; field day; sports festival
運動場	ウンドウジョウ	sports ground; playing field; playground

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
運動場	うんどうば	sports ground; playing field; playground
動	どう	motion
動かす	うごかす	to move; to shift; to stir; to budge; to change position; to inspire; to rouse; to move (e.g. feeling); to influence; to change; to alter; to deny; to operate; to set in motion; to get going; to mobilize (e.g. troops); to mobilise; to deploy; to manage (e.g. funds)
動き	うごき	movement; move; motion; trend; development; change; fluctuation
動く	うごく	to move; to stir; to shift; to shake; to swing; to operate; to run; to go; to work; to make a move; to take action; to act; to go into action; to be touched; to be influenced; to change; to vary; to fluctuate; to waver; to be transferred

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

meritorious deed, merit

heavy, important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold

specialty, exclusive, mainly, solely

back, amidst, in, reverse, inside, palm, sole, rear, lining, wrong side

wound, hurt, injure, impair, pain, injury, cut, gash, scar, weak point

collide, brunt, highway, opposition (astronomy), thrust, pierce, stab, prick

ri, village, parent's home, league

Grade 2JLPT N/A

rin, 1/10 sen, 1/10 bu