运

to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

辶 (semantic, “walk”) + 云 (phonetic, yún)

components: 辶云

carry · Heisig RSH #429

road + rising cloud

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 云

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 云 (yún) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
云 sound component	yún	cloud; to say, to speak
魂	hún	soul, spirit
坛	tán	altar; arena; examination hall
芸	yún	common rue; diverse, varied
纭	yún	confused; numerous
耘	yún	to weed
酝	yùn	liquor, spirits, wine; to ferment

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
学生运动	xué sheng yùn dòng	student movement
水上运动	shuǐ shàng yùn dòng	water sports; aquatic motion; movement over water
城市运动会	Chéng shì Yùn dòng huì	National Intercity Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since …
新文化运动	Xīn Wén huà Yùn dòng	the New Culture Movement (mid-1910s and 1920s), intellectual revolution against Confuciani…
运动学	yùn dòng xué	kinematics
运动家	yùn dòng jiā	athlete; sportsman; activist
运动会	yùn dòng huì	sports competition; CL:個\|个[ge4]
运动相机	yùn dòng xiàng jī	action camera
全国运动会	Quán guó Yùn dòng huì	National Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1959
东亚运动会	Dōng yà Yùn dòng huì	East Asian Games
运城市	Yùn chéng Shì	Yuncheng, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省[Shan1 xi1 Sheng3]
大运	Dà yùn	World University Games (formerly "Universiade") (abbr. for 大學生運動會\|大学生运动会[Da4 xue2 sheng1 Y…
大运	dà yùn	a stroke of luck
国运	guó yùn	fate of the nation
水运	shuǐ yùn	waterborne transport
亚运会	Yà yùn huì	Asian Games
学运	xué yùn	student movement
运行时	yùn xíng shí	(computing) runtime
城运会	Chéng yùn huì	abbr. for 城市運動會\|城市运动会[Cheng2 shi4 Yun4 dong4 hui4]
大运河	Dà Yùn hé	the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC