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遷

qiān

move, shift

Phonosemantic compound. 𠨧 represents the sound and 辶 represents the meaning.

Components
𠨧 sound component

𠨧  Sound component

qiān

  

ascend

辶 meaning component

辶  Meaning component

chuò

  

walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

Evolution

遷 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

迁 (遷) 

qiān

move, shift, change; transfer; to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc); to promote

Most common words with 遷
Freq.
Word
Meaning

拆迁

to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants

迁

to move

搬迁

to move

迁移

to migrate

迁徙

to migrate

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (1 verified)

韆 躚

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[tsʰ]ar

tshjen

qiān

move (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 5.3500% of movies

2419th most common character in movies

1630th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Simplified

迁

Unicode

U+9077

Shuowen

“遷，登也。从辵，聲。拪，古文遷从手、西。”


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