遷
遷 — Transition
transition, move, change
On’yomiセン (sen)
Kun’yomiうつる (utsuru)
Kun’yomiうつす (utsusu)
Kun’yomiみやこがえ (miyakogae)
Stroke order (15 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 遷
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 変遷 | へんせん hensen | change; transition; vicissitudes |
| 左遷 | させん sasen | demotion; relegation; reduction in rank |
| 遷都 | せんと sento | relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital |
| 遷宮 | せんぐう senguu | installation of a deity in a new shrine; transfer of a shrine |
Study notes
遷 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1937 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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