move, change place

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Alludes to grain moving while it is blown by the wind.

Components
禾 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

grain stalk

多 sound component

  Sound component

duō

  

much

Evolution

移 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
移 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
移 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

change place, shift; move about; to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove

Most common words with 移
Freq.
Word
Meaning

移动

to move

转移

to shift

to move

移民

to immigrate

移植

to transplant