# 動 — Move

Frequency rank 54 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 書 (Write), less common than 理 (Reason).

- On’yomi: どう
- Kun’yomi: うご
- Radical: 力 Power (Kangxi 19)
- Frequency path: Level I of XX
- School grade: 3
- Strokes: 11

A goat stands trapped in wet clay up to its knees while everyone pulls on its harness and orders it to Move.

In words:

- 動く うごく — to move
- 動物 どうぶつ — animal
- 動き うごき — movement;activity;trend;development;change

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