Kiokun Logo
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

shift

HSK 4 N2
うつ.る、うつ.す
Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 多 represents the sound. Alludes to grain moving while it is blown by the wind.
Components
Meaning component
standing grain
grain still on stalk
Phonetic component
duō many
much, many
View phonetic series →
Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Chinese
[yí]
to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
うつり
Utsuri place name
わたる
Wataru male given name