动机 dòngjī▶ motivación

Stroke order

动机 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

• 动 — 6 strokes
• 机 — 6 strokes

Related words

• 举动Mover; mudarse
• 冲动impulso
• 动力poder, motivación
• 动员movilización
• 动态dinámico
• 动手Bricolaje

动机 is pronounced dòngjī and means “motivación”. HSK 6 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 动机 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.