Kanji: 動

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 8 (completion of 3rd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 3rd grade in Japan
Radical:	力 Radical name: ちから
Meaning:	Move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 70 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	自動車(じどうしゃ)	Automobile
N5	動物(どうぶつ)	animal
N4	動(うご)く	to move
N4	運動(うんどう)する	to exercise
N4	動物園(どうぶつえん)	zoo
N3	移動(いどう)	removal, migration, movement
N3	動(うご)かす	to move, to shift
N3	運動(うんどう)	motion, exercise
N3	活動(かつどう)	action, activity
N3	感動(かんどう)	being deeply moved, excitement, impression, deep emotion
N3	行動(こうどう)	action, conduct, behaviour, mobilization
N3	自動(じどう)	automatic, self-motion
N3	動詞(どうし)	verb
N2	形容動詞(けいようどうし)	adjectival noun, quasi-adjective
N2	動作(どうさ)	action, movements, motions, bearing, behaviour, manners
N1	異動(いどう)	a change
N1	動(うご)き	movement, activity, trend, development, change
N1	出動(しゅつどう)	sailing, marching, going out
N1	振動(しんどう)	oscillation, vibration
N1	自動詞(じどうし)	intransitive verb (no direct obj)
N1	助動詞(じょどうし)	auxiliary verb
N1	騒動(そうどう)	strife, riot, rebellion
N1	他動詞(たどうし)	transitive verb (direct obj)
N1	動員(どういん)	mobilization
N1	動機(どうき)	motive, incentive
N1	動向(どうこう)	trend, tendency, movement, attitude
N1	動的(どうてき)	dynamic, kinetic
N1	動揺(どうよう)	disturbance, unrest, shaking, trembling, pitching, rolling, oscillation, agitation, excitement, commotion
N1	動力(どうりょく)	power, motive power, dynamic force
N1	不動産(ふどうさん)	real estate
N1	変動(へんどう)	change, fluctuation
N1	暴動(ぼうどう)	insurrection, rebellion, revolt, riot, uprising