Keyword
to move
- to shift
- to transfer
- to change
- Frequency
- #1340
- Strokes
- 6
Readings
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Mnemonic
辶 (walk) gives the meaning and 千 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
迁
to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc); to promote
变迁
changes; vicissitudes
迁移
to migrate; to move
拆迁
to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
搬迁
to move; to relocate; removal
迁徙
to migrate; to move
迁居
to move (from one residence to another)
升迁
to advance to a higher-level position; to be promoted to a higher position in a new department
迁入
to move in (to new lodging)
迁就
to yield to; to adapt to; to accommodate oneself to (sth)
迁都
to move the capital (city)
司马迁
Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian 史记 (Shǐjì), known as the father of Chinese historiography
跃迁
transition; jump (e.g. quantum leap in spectroscopy)
宿迁市
Suqian, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江苏省 (JiāngsūShěng)
迁离
to move away; to change residence
时过境迁
things change with the passage of time (idiom)
乔迁
to move (to a superior place); promotion
迁怒
to take one's anger out on sb (who does not deserve it)
迁延
long delay
迁西县
Qianxi, a county in Tangshan City 唐山市 (TángshānShì), Hebei
迁安市
Qian'an, a county-level city in Tangshan City 唐山市 (TángshānShì), Hebei
事过境迁
The issue is in the past, and the situation has changed (idiom).; It is water under the bridge.
见异思迁
to change at once on seeing sth different (idiom); loving fads and novelty; never satisfied with what one has
乔迁之喜
congratulations on house-moving or promotion (idiom); Best wishes for your new home!