The Chinese word 动画片 (dònghuàpiàn) for "animated film" or "cartoon" is a logical compound formed from three meaningful characters: 动 (dòng) meaning "to move" or "movement", 画 (huà) meaning "picture" or "drawing", and 片 (piàn) meaning "slice" or "film". Thus, the term sequentially builds the concept from "moving pictures" (动画) to specify the medium as a film or a show (片), resulting in the complete meaning of a "moving-picture film", which precisely describes the medium of animation.