遷
transition, move, change
Readings
On'yomi
- セン
Kun'yomi
- うつ.る
- うつ.す
- みやこがえ
Meaning
遷 centers on movement from one place or state to another: transitioning, moving, or changing location or condition.
Most common words using 遷
20 of 37- 変遷へんせんN1
change; transition; vicissitudes
- 遷移せんい
transition (esp. in scientific, computing, etc. contexts)
- 左遷させんN1
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
- 遷都せんと
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
- 遷宮せんぐう
installation of a deity in a new shrine; transfer of a shrine
- 遷座せんざ
relocation of a shrine; transfer of an object of worship
- 遷延せんえん
delay; procrastination
- マルコフ遷移マルコフせんい
Markov transition
- 一次遷移いちじせんい
primary succession
- 三遷さんせん
thrice moving from house to house
- 三遷の教えさんせんのおしえ
the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning
- 奉遷ほうせん
moving an object of worship
- 孟母三遷もうぼさんせん
the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning; Mencius' mother, three moves
- 孟母三遷の教えもうぼさんせんのおしえ
the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning
- 式年遷宮しきねんせんぐう
construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time
- 式年遷宮祭しきねんせんぐうさい
fixed-interval transfer ceremony (wherein a shrine's sacred object is transferred to a newly constructed main hall)
- 怒りを遷すいかりをうつす
to be so angry that one lashes out at unrelated things; to have an outburst of anger
- 拡張遷移ネットワークかくちょうせんいネットワーク
augmented transition network; ATN
- 播遷はせん
wandering in a distant land
- 東遷とうせん
moving (the capital) east
Study
Etymology
遷 combines 辶 (movement) with a phonetic element historically derived from 䙴, which contributed the sound and the idea of shifting or relocating. The modern right side is a simplification of that older form.
Meaning mnemonic
The movement radical 辶 wraps around a shape that looks like a big 大 person moving a heavy 西 basket with a coiled 巳 snake inside. Picture someone relocating a basket with a snake, transitioning to a new place.
Reading mnemonic
For セン, imagine a centipede (セン) moving its many legs in a smooth transition across the floor: cent -> セン, and the movement radical 辶 shows it transitioning.