動
부수: 力
획수: 11획
動 simply means to move.
動 = 重 + 力
X = semantic/phonetic + semantic
• 重 historically depicted a person 人 carrying a heavy bag 東. These two components have been fused together in the modern form. This is believed to be associated with meanings of ‘sway’ and ‘shake’.
• 力 depicts a plough. From this comes the meanings of ‘strength’, ‘effort’, ‘force’ and ‘power’.
Evolution:
動 = to move
Mnemonic
動 is comprised of weight 重 and power 力. Imagine somebody bent over pulling a heavy rickshaw.
動 = ‘exertion of force’ 重 and ‘move’ 力.
Vocab
| 動物 | 동물 | animal |
| 運動 | 운동 | exercise |
| 行動 | 행동 | action; behaviour |
| 動作 | 동작 | motion; movement; operation |
| 活動 | 활동 | activity |
| 勞動 | 노동 | labor; work |
| 振動 | 진동 | vibration |
| 動搖 | 동요 | tremble; agitation; restlessness |
| 反動 | 반동 | recoil; rebound |
| 感動 | 감동 | touched/moved by (emotionally) |
| 動悸 | 동계 | pulsation; palpitation |
| 動機 | 동기 | motive |
| 出動 | 출동 | dispatch |
| 動力 | 동력 | power (mechanical) |
| 動詞 | 동사 | verb |
| 受動 | 수동 | passive |
| 自動車 | 자동차 | a car |
| 不動産 | 부동산 | real estate; fixed property |
| 流動性 | 유동성 | liquidity; fluidity |
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Bibliography
Affiliate links help support uK.
— Daum 사전, [s.v. 動].
— Grant, B.K. (1982). A Guide To Korean Characters: Reading and Writing Hangul and Hanja, [s.v. 893]. Seoul: Hollym.
— Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, [s.v. 動, 重, 力].
— Seely, C., Henshall, K.G., & Fan, J. (2016). The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji: Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Japanese Characters, [s.v. 384]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.