自动

Character by character

• 自zì6 strokesHSK 2self, private, personal; from; Kangxi radical 132
• 动dòng6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 動move, happen; movement, action

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 自动. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 自己zì jǐHSK 2

  oneself; one's own

• 自zìHSK 4

  self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely

• 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

• 来自lái zìHSK 2

  to come from (a place); From: (in email header)

• 行动xíng dòngHSK 2

  operation; action; to move about; mobile

• 自然zì ránHSK 3

  nature; natural; naturally

• 自由zì yóuHSK 2

  freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted

• 运动yùn dòngHSK 2

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

• 动作dòng zuòHSK 1

  movement; motion; action; to act; to move

• 动物dòng wùHSK 2

  animal

• 自我zì wǒHSK 6

  self-; ego (psychology)

• 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)

• 自从zì cóngHSK 3

  since (a time); ever since

• 亲自qīn zìHSK 3

  personally; in person; oneself

• 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)

• 自信zì xìnHSK 4

  to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence

• 感动gǎn dòngHSK 2

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

• 动力dòng lìHSK 3

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

• 自杀zì shāHSK 5

  to kill oneself; to commit suicide; to attempt suicide

• 发动fā dòngHSK 3

  to start; to launch; to unleash; to mobilize; to arouse

• 运动员yùn dòng yuánHSK 4

  athlete