活动

Character by character

• 活huó9 strokesHSK 2live, exist, survive; lively
• 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 活动. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 生活shēng huóHSK 2

  to live; life; livelihood

• 活huóHSK 3

  to live; alive; living; work; workmanship

• 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

• 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

• 动作dòng zuòHSK 1

  movement; motion; action; to act; to move

• 动物dòng wùHSK 2

  animal

• 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)

• 感动gǎn dòngHSK 2

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

• 动力dòng lìHSK 3

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

• 发动fā dòngHSK 3

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

• 活力huó lìHSK 5

  energy; vitality; vigor; vital force

• 运动员yùn dòng yuánHSK 4

  athlete

• 动手dòng shǒuHSK 5

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

• 冲动chōng dòngHSK 5

  to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge

• 动机dòng jīHSK 5

  motive; motivation

• 劳动láo dòngHSK 5

  work; toil; physical labor

• 活跃huó yuèHSK 6

  active; lively; excited; to enliven; to brighten up

• 举动jǔ dòngHSK 5

  act; action; activity; move; movement

• 推动tuī dòngHSK 3

  to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to