Kanji Detail for 遷 - "move, transfer, change"

遷

Jōyō Kanji

JLPT N1

Meaning
遷 means "move, transfer, change."
1. Move - To change location; to relocate.
2. Transfer - To shift from one place to another.
3. Change - To transform; to alter.
4. Transition - A passage from one state to another.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

transition; move; change

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

move, shift, change; transfer

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

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

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to shift, to move; to transfer, to change

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To move; to relocate. As in moving residence is called 喬遷, moving the capital is called 遷都. | Moving office is called 遷. As in 一歲三遷 (promoted three times in one year). Therefore demotion is also called 左遷. | To change. As in 見異思遷 (change one's mind upon seeing something different). Also, reforming oneself is called 遷善.
Onyomi

sen(せん)
Kunyomi

utsu.ru(うつる)

utsu.su(うつす)
Strokes

15 strokes
Radical

辵辶 (shinnyo・shinnyu)
Related Keywords
move transfer relocate change shift transition transform migrate evolve progress advance promote adapt adjust convert alter modify develop improve growth