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动作

Traditional: 動作

dòng zuò

HSK 3.0 · 1HSK 2.0 · 4

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dòng zuò · dung6 zok3 (Jyutping)

  1. movement; motion; action
  2. to act; to move

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

动

Meaning
move, happen; movement, action
Radical
力
Strokes
6
Components
⿰云力
Cangjie
MIKS
Four-corner
1472

作

Meaning
make; work; compose, write; act, perform
Radical
亻
Strokes
7
Components
⿰亻乍
Cangjie
OHS
Four-corner
2821.1

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