动物

Character by character

• 动dòng6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 動move, happen; movement, action
• 物wù8 strokesHSK 2thing, substance, creature

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

• 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

• 运动yùn dòngHSK 2

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

• 人物rén wùHSK 5

  person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting)

• 动作dòng zuòHSK 1

  movement; motion; action; to act; to move

• 礼物lǐ wùHSK 2

  gift; present

• 食物shí wùHSK 2

  food

• 激动jī dòngHSK 4

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

• 药物yào wùHSK 4

  medicaments; pharmaceuticals; medication; medicine; drug

• 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)

• 生物shēng wùHSK 7

  organism; living creature; life form; biological

• 物质wù zhìHSK 5

  matter; substance; material; materialistic

• 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)

• 感动gǎn dòngHSK 2

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

• 动力dòng lìHSK 3

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

• 购物gòu wùHSK 4

  shopping

• 物品wù pǐnHSK 6

  articles; goods

• 发动fā dòngHSK 3

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

• 运动员yùn dòng yuánHSK 4

  athlete

• 动手dòng shǒuHSK 5

  to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch

• 事物shì wùHSK 4

  thing; object