(of sth) to move / to set in movement / to displace / to touch / to make use of / to stir (emotions) / to alter / abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb

= + : Doggy Dog notices a lot of smoke when he enters engine's bathroom. Instead of thinking long, he acts quickly and moves to push the fire alarm button.

动 character breakdown

(classical) to say
surname Li
power / force / strength / ability / strenuously

= + 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: a power button.

Li Qingzhao (li) just had a shower in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and wants to use the hair dryer, but there's no plug, just the bare end of the cable! She uses all her power to build an electricity plug, and for the two pins she uses a plough (㇆) and a banana (丿). Finally she hits a big power button (力) to turn the power on.
surname Yun / abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 Sheng3]
cloud / CL:朵[duo3]

= + : Yu the Great (yu) had a little accident in the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2). She blew up her capacitor (二), and now there's smoke (云) everywhere. To be able to breathe, she puts on her fake nose (厶).

Characters with 动 as component

Words with 动

every movement; each and every move
every movement / each and every move
real estate / immovable property / immovables
triploblastic animals (having three germ layers)
motion of no confidence (against the government, in parliamentary debates)
December 9th Movement (1935), student-led demonstrations demanding that the Chinese government resist Japanese aggression
fixed point (of a map) (math.)
China Mobile (PRC state telecommunications company)
totally unaffected / unimpressed
(one's) every word and deed (idiom)
"Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of 1951-52

Sentences with 动

dà
xia̅n
yào
shi
ná
de
dòng
 
 
jiù
sòng
gěi
dà
xia̅n