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遷

遷 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. (他動詞) うつす。(自動詞) うつる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「辵」+音符「䙴」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

transition, move, change

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • センJHS
Kun (native)
  • うつ(る)
  • うつ(す)
  • みやこがえ
Other languages
  • 拼音qian1
  • 한글cheon
  • Hán-ViệtThiên

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
辵(しんにょう)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+9077

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿺辶䙴

Words using this kanji

  • 遷都せんと都（首都）を他の場所へ遷すこと。relocation of the capital, transfer of the capital
  • 遷宮せんぐう神社で祭神の神体を新築や改築などをした本殿に移すこと。また、その儀式。installation of a deity in a new shrine, transfer of a shrine
  • 遷移せんい移り変わること。transition (esp. in scientific, computing, etc. contexts), succession
  • 遷座せんざ天皇や神仏の座所を他の場所へ遷すこと。relocation of a shrine, transfer of an object of worship
  • 遷化せんげ高僧が死去すること。death (of a high priest)
  • 遷延せんえんのびのびになる（する）こと。また、長引くこと。delay, procrastination
  • 遷幸せんこう天皇が都を他へ移すこと。 天皇などが居所を他へ移すこと。relocation of the capital (by the emperor), relocation of the emperor or an abdicated emperor
  • 遷客せんかく流罪となった者。流人。 左遷された者。exiled person
  • 遷流せんるtransient
  • 遷御せんぎょ天皇、上皇、皇太后が居所を遷すこと。 神霊や神社が場所を移すこと。relocation of the emperor, an abdicated emperor or the empress dowager, relocation of a shrine, divine spirit or object of worship
  • 遷音速せんおんそくtransonic speed
  • 遷宮祭せんぐうさいtransfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is moved from one building to another)
  • 遷移図せんいずtransition diagram
  • 遷車台せんしゃだいtraverse table, transfer table, car transfer
  • 遷座祭せんざさいceremony for moving a deity to a new site
  • 遷移元素せんいげんそ周期表で3A族元素から1B族元素（または2B族元素も含む）の元素の総称。遷移金属。transition element, transition metal
  • 遷移確率せんいかくりつtransition probability
  • 遷移関数せんいかんすうtransfer function

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-3-12
Four Corner
3130.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2q12.1
Heisig
1737
Nelson
4743