動
dòng HSK1

move

动 (動) dòng
move verb
to move, set in motion, or change position physically

闹钟响了半天，他还是躺在床上一动不动。

nào​zhōng xiǎng le bàn​tiān, tā hái​shi tǎng zài chuáng shàng yī dòng bù​dòng.

The alarm clock rang for ages, but he still lay in bed without moving.

touch verb
to touch, handle, or make use of something

不要动我的东西。

bù yào dòng wǒ de dōng​xi.

Don't touch my things.

alter verb
to change, modify, or edit something existing

他的稿子我一点儿也没动。

tā de gǎo​zi wǒ yì​diǎn'ér yě méi dòng.

I haven't touched his manuscript at all.

stir verb
to arouse, affect, or stir someone's emotions or feelings

这话动了他的心。

zhè huà dòng le tā de xīn.

These words touched his heart.

verb verb
an abbreviation for verb (动词 dòng​cí)

字典里“走”字的释义前标有一个“动”字。

zì​diǎn lǐ“ zǒu” zì de shì​yì qián biāo​yǒu yī gè“ dòng” zì.

In the dictionary, the definition of the character 'zou' is marked as a verb.

Frequency
Character
Written text
73rd most common 2205.8 per million
Movie subtitles
167th most common 1051.9 per million appears in 97% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
250.6 per million appears in 53% of films
Written text
161.8 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Simplified
动
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+52D5

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)