Lesson-6-동(動)

This lesson offers you a break from Korean grammar and allows you to focus more on vocabulary. With these Word Builder lessons, many (not all) of the words, or word elements, are based on Chinese characters (한자) but the meaning can differ from modern-day Chinese. You do not have to memorize all the vocabulary in this lesson, as it simply serves to help you understand how the key word element helps give words their meaning.
The key word element of this lesson is 동.

The Chinese character for this word is 動.

The word element 동 is related to ‘movement’, ‘move’, and ‘to move’.

Sample Expressions

운 (to transport) + 동 (to move) = 운동 運動 = exercise; workout

Ex)
요즘에 운동 열심히 하고 있어요.
= I have been diligently exercising lately.

동 (to move) + 작 (to make) = 동작 動作 = movement; move

Ex)
이 동작을 따라하세요.
= Follow me and do this move.

작 (to make) + 동 (to move) = 작동 作動 = operation (of a device)

Ex)
작동이 안 돼요.
= It does not work.

활 (to flow, to be alive) + 동 (to move) = 활동 活動 = activity

Ex)
온라인 활동
= online activities
음악 활동
= music/musical activities
TV 활동
= TV activities/appearances

동 (to move) + 사 (language) = [grammar term] 동사 動詞 = verb

Ex)
이 단어는 동사예요.
= This word is a verb.

동 (to move) + 물 (object, material) = 동물 動物 = animal

Ex)
동물 좋아해요?
= Do you like animals?

연 (to connect) + 동 (to move) = [internet term] 연동 聯動 = linkage; interlocking

Ex)
페이스북 연동
= connecting to Facebook through another site
연동 되어 있어요.
= (Two web services) are linked/connected together.

행 (to do, to go) + 동 (to move) = 행동 行動 = behavior

Ex)
행동 똑바로 하세요!
= Behave yourself!

동 (to move) + 영 (to project) + 상 (image) = 동영상 動映像 = video

Ex)
동영상 응답
= video response