動物
どうぶつ · doubutsu · JLPT N5 · noun
animal
🐾 動物 = move + thing: an animal is a thing that moves
動 (dou) means move, as in 運動 (exercise). 物 (butsu) means thing, as in 植物 (plant, a planted thing). So an animal is literally a moving thing, the counterpart to the plant that stays put.