Memory phrase for the character: 動

動

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Meaning

move

Pronunciation

DŌ
ugoku

Explanation

 Left: heavy 重 (a vehicle 車 with double wheels for heavy loads), right: strength/power 力 (hand/arm with biceps ノ)

Mnemonic
 
For a heavy vehicle, you need force for moving.

Radicals

動 moveFor heavy 重 things, such as vehicles 車 with double 二 wheels, you need power 力 to move them.
重 heavyA vehicle 車 with double 二 wheels is for the heavy.
力 power forceFor example, left 左 or right 右 is understood as a hand ナ with a forearm. If the other line is seen as a bicep, this can be understood as "force".




 Vocabulary

動く うごく  to move, to stir, to shift, to shake, to swing, to be touched, to be influenced
挙動 きょどう  conduct, behavior
動物 どうぶつ  animal
自動車 じどうしゃ  automobile
動物園 どうぶつえん  zoo, zoological gardens
動向 どうこう  trend, tendency, movement
動力 どうりょく  power, motive power, dynamic force
不動産 ふどうさん  real estate
動き うごき  movement, activity, trend, development, change

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