qiān

to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc); to promote

Radical: 辶 HSK 8 v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

迁 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 迁

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 迁.

乔迁
qiáo qiān
to move (to a superior place)
他迁
tā qiān
to relocate
再迁
zài qiān
to promote again
升迁
shēng qiān
promote
变迁
biàn qiān
changes
宿迁
sù qiān
Suqian prefecture level city in Jiangsu
拆迁
chāi qiān
to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
搬迁
bān qiān
to move
调迁
diào qiān
to transfer
超迁
chāo qiān
(literary) to be promoted more than one grade or rank at a time
跃迁
yuè qiān
transition
迁入
qiān rù
to move in (to new lodging)

Related characters (radical 辶)

Characters that share the radical .

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