动作

Character by character

• 动dòng6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 動move, happen; movement, action
• 作zuò7 strokesHSK 1make; work; compose, write; act, perform

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 动作. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 工作gōng zuòHSK 1

  to work; (of a machine) to operate; job; work; task

• 作为zuò wéiHSK 4

  one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be

• 作zuòHSK 6

  to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works

• 动dòngHSK 1

  (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 动词, verb

• 活动huó dòngHSK 2

  to exercise; to move about; to operate; to use connections (personal influence); loose; shaky; active; movable; activity; campaign; maneuver; behavior

• 行动xíng dòngHSK 2

  operation; action; to move about; mobile

• 合作hé zuòHSK 3

  to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together; cooperation

• 作用zuò yòngHSK 2

  to act on; to affect; action; function; activity; impact; result; effect; purpose; intent; (suffix) -ation, -tion etc, as in 用, inhibition

• 运动yùn dòngHSK 2

  to move; to exercise; sports; exercise; motion; movement; campaign

• 作品zuò pǐnHSK 3

  work (of art); opus

• 动物dòng wùHSK 2

  animal

• 制作zhì zuòHSK 3

  to make; to manufacture

• 激动jī dòngHSK 4

  to move emotionally; to stir up (emotions); to excite

• 移动yí dòngHSK 4

  to move; movement; migration; mobile; portable

• 启动qǐ dòngHSK 5

  to start (a machine); (fig.) to set in motion; to launch (an operation); to activate (a plan)

• 自动zì dòngHSK 3

  automatic; voluntarily

• 主动zhǔ dòngHSK 3

  to take the initiative; to do sth of one's own accord; spontaneous; active; opposite: passive 被动; drive (of gears and shafts etc)

• 作业zuò yèHSK 2

  school assignment; homework; work; task; operation; to operate

• 操作cāo zuòHSK 4

  to work; to operate; to manipulate

• 感动gǎn dòngHSK 2

  to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving

• 动力dòng lìHSK 3

  motive power; force; (fig.) motivation; impetus

• 作者zuò zhěHSK 3

  author; writer

• 作家zuò jiāHSK 2

  author

• 作出zuò chūHSK 4

  to put out; to come up with; to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc); to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc); to draw (conclusion); to deliver (speech, judgment); to devise (explanation); to extract