Kanji
遷
kanji character
transition
move
change
遷 kanji-遷 transition, move, change
遷
Meaning
transition move and change
Readings
Kun'yomi
- うつる
- うつす
- みやこがえ
On'yomi
- さ せん demotion
- せん と relocation of the capital
- へん せん change
Practice Writing
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Component Analysis
Common Words
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遷 すto transfer (to a different place, group, etc.)... -
遷 るto move (house), to transfer (department), to change the target of interest or concern... -
左 遷 demotion, relegation, reduction in rank... -
遷 都 relocation of the capital, transfer of the capital -
変 遷 change, transition, vicissitudes -
遷 宮 installation of a deity in a new shrine, transfer of a shrine -
遷 り変 わるto change (with time, the ages, the seasons... -
遷 移 transition (esp. in scientific, computing, etc. contexts)... -
遷 座 relocation of a shrine, transfer of an object of worship -
遷 化 death (of a high priest) -
遷 延 delay, procrastination -
遷 幸 relocation of the capital (by the emperor), relocation of the emperor or an abdicated emperor -
遷 客 exiled person -
遷 流 transient -
遷 御 relocation of the emperor, an abdicated emperor or the empress dowager, relocation of a shrine... -
東 遷 moving (the capital) east -
奉 遷 moving an object of worship -
聖 遷 Hegira, Hejira, Hijra -
鶯 遷 warbler flying from a valley to a tree, finding success in life, passing the palace examination -
播 遷 wandering in a distant land -
遷 音 速 transonic speed -
遷 宮 祭 transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is moved from one building to another) -
遷 移 図 transition diagram -
遷 車 台 traverse table, transfer table, car transfer -
遷 座 祭 ceremony for moving a deity to a new site -
遷 移 元 素 transition element, transition metal -
遷 移 確 率 transition probability -
遷 移 関 数 transfer function -
怒 りを遷 すto be so angry that one lashes out at unrelated things, to have an outburst of anger -
式 年 遷 宮 construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time