| Chinese Text Project |
| 動 U+52D5 |  Seal script | 㣫 Semantic variant | 动 Simplified character | 𨔝 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 力+ 9 strokes = 11 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.237#24 Kangxi: p.148#14 Cihai: p.196r4c02 GSR: 1188.m Hanyu: v1,p0375#06 |
| Composition: | Left: 重, right: 力. Component of: 𠘃 働 㗢 𡼉 𢳾 𪥝 𬈭 𭜀 慟 憅 㷲 𦹝 勲 𧜻 𬡬 |
| Mandarin: | dòng ㄉㄨㄥˋ |
| Cantonese: | dung6 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *dhǔng |
| Shuowen: | 《力部》動：作也。从力重聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上聲·董·動》動：躁也，出也，作也，搖也。徒揔切，九。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·力部·九》動：〔古文〕㣫𨔝《唐韻》《正韻》徒摠切《集韻》《韻會》杜孔切，𠀤同上聲。《說文》作也。《增韻》動，靜之對。《易·坤卦》六二之動，直以方也。《書·說命》慮善以動，動惟厥時。又《廣韻》出也。《禮·月令》仲春，蟄蟲咸動。又搖也。《庾信·夢入內堂詩》日光釵焰動，窗影鏡花搖。又《韻會》《正韻》𠀤徒弄切，同去聲。《易·繫辭》雷以動之，風以散之。《韻會》凡物自動，則上聲。彼不動而我動之，則去聲。又《集韻》覩孔切，音董。振動，拜也，以兩手相擊而拜。今倭人拜以兩手相擊，蓋古之遺法。 |
| Fanqie: | 徒揔 (《廣韻·上聲·董·動》) |
| Unihan definition: | move, happen; movement, action |
Example usage
| 《論語·雍也》: | 知者動，仁者靜。 |
| The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. | |
| 《孟子·告子下》: | 故天將降大任於是人也，必先苦其心志，勞其筋骨，餓其體膚，空乏其身，行拂亂其所為，所以動心忍性，曾益其所不能。 |
| Thus, when Heaven is about to confer a great office on any man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews and bones with toil. It exposes his body to hunger, and subjects him to extreme poverty. It confounds his undertakings. By all these methods it stimulates his mind, hardens his nature, and supplies his incompetencies. | |
| 《禮記·深衣》: | 故《易》曰：坤，「六二之動，直以方」也。 |
| It is said in the Yi, 'The movement indicated by the second line in Kun, divided, is "from the straight (line) to the square."' | |
| 《揚子法言·序》: | 事有本真，陳施於意，動不克，咸本諸身，譔《修身》。 |
| Everything has an original essence, but it is unfolded in myriad forms. If one's actions cannot be brought to completion, one must seek the root of the matter in oneself. Thus, I have written "Cultivating the Self." | |
| 《墨子·經上》: | 動，或徒1也。 |
| Dong (to stir/move) is to shift somewhere. | |
| 《莊子·養生主》: | 動刀甚微，謋然已解，如土委地。 |
| Then by a very slight movement of the knife, the part is quickly separated, and drops like (a clod of) earth to the ground. | |
| 《道德經》: | 虛而不屈，動而愈出。 |
| 'Tis emptied, yet it loses not its power; 'Tis moved again, and sends forth air the more.' | |
| 《商君書·農戰》: | 之二者不可以得遷，則我焉得無下動眾取貨以事上，而以求遷乎！ |
| If, to attain promotion, these two methods are out of the question, what else can we do, in striving for it, but bring the masses below us into action and obtain presents, for the purpose of serving our superiors? | |
| 《孫子兵法·軍形》: | 善攻者，動于九天之上，故能自保而全勝也。 |
| He who is skilled in attack flashes forth from the topmost heights of heaven. Thus on the one hand we have ability to protect ourselves; on the other, a victory that is complete. | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 治民不以禮，動斯陷矣。 |
| 《說苑·君道》: | 夫上之化下，猶風靡草，東風則草靡而西，西風則草靡而東，在風所由而草為之靡，是故人君之動不可不慎也。 |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 今子反往視宋，間人相食，大驚而哀之，不意之到於此也，是以心駭目動而違常禮。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 飲食衣服，動靜居處，由禮則知節，不由禮則墊陷生疾。 |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 是以兵革不動而威，用利不施而親，此之謂『明主之守也，折衝乎千里之外』，此之謂也。 |
| 《白虎通德論·禮樂》: | 所以名之為角者，躍也，陽氣動躍。 |
| 《新書·道德說》: | 道雖神必載於德，而頌乃有所因，以發動變化而為變。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 四人為壽已畢，起去，上目送之，召戚夫人指示四人者曰：「我欲易之，彼四人輔之，羽翼已成，難動矣。」 |
| 《中論·治學》: | 故學者如登山焉，動而益高。 |
| 《孔子家語·王言解》: | 是故兵革不動而威，用利不施而親，此之謂明王之守，折衝千里之外者也。 |
| 《潛夫論·思賢》: | 是故先王為官擇人，必得其材，功加於人，德稱其位，人謀鬼謀，百姓與能，務順以動天地如此 |
| 《論衡·累害》: | 動身章智，顯光氣於世，奮志敖黨，立卓異於俗，固常通人所讒嫉也。 |
| 《太玄經·礥》: | 陽氣微動，動而礥礥，物生之難也。 |
| 《風俗通義》: | 故言語歌謳異聲，鼓舞動作殊形，或直或邪，或善或淫也。 |
| 《孔叢子·嘉言》: | 孔子曰：「十五許嫁而後從夫，是陽動而陰應，男唱而女隨之義也。」 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 君子之所以動天地、應神明、正萬物，而成王治者，必本乎真實而已。 |
| 《忠經·天地神明章》: | 忠能固君臣、安社稷、感天地、動神明，而況於人乎？ |
| 《素書·原始章》: | 得機而動，則能成絕代之功。 |
| 《新語·道基》: | 故曰：張日月，列星辰，序四時，調陰陽，布氣治性，次置五行，春生夏長，秋收冬藏，陽生雷電，陰成雪霜，養育群生，一茂一亡，潤之以風雨，曝之以日光，溫之以節氣，降之以殞霜，位之以眾星，制之以斗衡，苞之以六合，羅之以紀綱，改之以災變，告之以禎祥，動之以生殺，悟之以文章。 |
| 《獨斷·卷下》: | 鼓以動眾，鐘以止眾。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 鼓以動眾，鐘以止眾。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 《黃帝書》曰：「形動不生形而生影，聲動不生聲而生響，无動不生无而生有。」 |
| 《鶡冠子·著希》: | 夫君子者，易親而難狎，畏禍而難卻，嗜利而不為非，時動而不苟作。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 忽兮怳兮，不可為象兮，怳兮忽兮，用不詘兮，窈兮冥兮，應化無形兮，遂兮通兮，不虛動兮，與剛柔卷舒兮，與陰陽俯仰兮。 |
| 《文始真經·一宇》: | 忽望波明食動，幸賜于天，即而就之，漁釣斃焉。 |
| 《列仙傳·瑕丘仲》: | 地動舍壞，仲及里中數十家屋臨水，皆敗。 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 為無為，不造作，動因循。 |
| 《韓非子·存韓》: | 夫一動而弱於諸侯，危事也。 |
| 《申不害·大體》: | 剛者折，危者覆，動者搖，靜者安。 |
| 《慎子·威德》: | 明君動事分功必由慧，定賞分財必由法，行德制中必由禮。 |
| 《管子·輕重己》: | 以夏日至始，數九十二日謂之秋至，秋至而禾熟，天子祀於太惢，西出其國，百三十八里而壇，服白而絻白，搢玉總，帶錫監，吹塤箎之風，動金石之音，朝諸侯卿大夫列士，循於百姓，號曰祭月。 |
| 《吳子·圖國》: | 是以聖人綏之以道，理之以義，動之以禮，撫之以仁。 |
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