Phonosemantic compound. 𠨧 represents the sound and 辶 represents the meaning.
Components
Traditional (遷)
Simplified (迁)
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Historical Evolution
迁
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
迁
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
迁
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
迁
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
迁
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
迁
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
迁
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
迁
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
迁
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
迁 / 遷 [qiān]
to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc); to promote
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
遷 せん
Sen given name
CHINESE WORDS (40)
拆迁 [chāiqiān] #27,959
to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
搬迁 [bānqiān] #21,251
to move
迁移 [qiānyí] #18,866
to migrate
迁徙 [qiānxǐ] #15,796
to migrate
迁就 [qiānjiù] #17,335
to yield
升迁 [shēngqiān] #16,471
promote
变迁 [biànqiān] #23,761
changes
乔迁 [qiáoqiān] #18,342
to move (to a superior place)
迁怒 [qiānnù] #24,485
to take one's anger out on sb (who does not deserve it)
时过境迁 [shíguòjìngqiān] #25,670
things change with the passage of time (idiom)
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JAPANESE WORDS (40)
⭐ 移す [うつす] #2,350
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.)
⭐ 移る [うつる] #2,369
to move (house)
移り変わる [うつりかわる] #22,286
to change (with time, the ages, the seasons, etc.)
⭐ 左遷 [させん] #25,276
demotion
⭐ 変遷 [へんせん] #30,374
change
⭐ 遷都 [せんと] #48,902
relocation of the capital
遷移 [せんい] #66,047
transition (esp. in scientific, computing, etc. contexts)
遷延 [せんえん] #91,449
delay
遷宮 [せんぐう] #135,794
installation of a deity in a new shrine
遷座 [せんざ] #139,264
relocation of a shrine
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