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Kotomora

移

shift, move, change, drift, catch (cold, fire), pass into

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · grade 5FrequencyTop 500Strokes11

Readings

On'yomi

  • イ

Kun'yomi

  • うつ.る
  • うつ.す

Meaning

移 centers on movement from one place or state to another: shifting, moving, changing, or drifting. The senses of catching a cold or fire extend this idea as something passing into a person or object.

Most common words using 移

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  • 移動いどう
    N3

    movement; transfer; migration; removal; travel

  • 移行いこう
    N1

    transition; changeover; switchover; shift

  • 移住いじゅう
    N1

    migration; move; emigration; immigration

  • 移すうつす
    N4

    to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move (something); to swap; to substitute; to relocate

  • 移転いてん
    N3

    moving; relocation; change of address

  • 移るうつる
    N4

    to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to be transferred

  • 移民いみん
    N2

    immigration; emigration

  • 移植いしょく
    N1

    transplanting (a plant); transplant; grafting

  • 移籍いせき

    transfer (of one's name into another family register)

  • 推移すいい
    N1

    transition; change; progress; development; shift

  • 移りうつり

    transferring; transitioning; changing

  • 移設いせつ

    relocation (of facilities, an institution, factory, etc.); moving (to a different site)

  • 転移てんい

    moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; transition

  • 移送いそう

    transfer; transport; transportation

  • 移入いにゅう

    introduction (from outside); import; bringing in

  • 遷移せんい

    transition (esp. in scientific, computing, etc. contexts)

  • 移管いかん

    transfer of control

  • 移り変わりうつりかわり

    change (e.g. season)

  • 移譲いじょう

    handing over (of a right, property, etc.); transfer; assignment

  • 移り変わるうつりかわる

    to change (with time, the ages, the seasons, etc.); to shift

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Etymology

移 combines 禾 (grain) with 多, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of abundance or movement. The original sense may have been grain swaying or being transferred, leading to the general meaning of shifting or moving.

Meaning mnemonic

Grain 禾 piled up in abundance 多 needs to be shifted and moved around. Picture a farmer moving heaps of grain from one place to another.

Reading mnemonic

For イ, imagine an eagle (イーグル) shifting its perch from one tree to another: eagle -> イ, and the bird moves just like the grain being shifted.