The word "打动" is formed through a vivid conceptual metaphor. It combines the character 打 (dǎ), meaning "to hit" or "to strike", with 动 (dòng), meaning "to move" or "to set in motion". The formation visualizes an internal, emotional effect as if it were a physical event: one's words or actions metaphorically "strike" the heart or mind of another person, thereby "setting their emotions in motion", which is to say, touching or moving them deeply. It is a compact image of an external force causing an internal, emotional stir.