遷

transition, move, change

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

セン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

うつ.すうつ.るみやこがえ

Stroke Order

15 / 15

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:15

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1937

Vocabulary

セン

Word	Reading	Meaning
左遷	サセン	demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
変遷	ヘンセン	change; transition; vicissitudes
遷都	セント	relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
遷宮	セングウ	installation of a deity in a new shrine; transfer of a shrine
遷移	センイ	transition (esp. in scientific, computing, etc. contexts); succession

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
遷す	うつす	to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to swap; to substitute; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to spend (time); to let (time) pass; to infect; to permeate something (with a color, smell, etc.)
遷る	うつる	to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected; to be contagious; to spread (as in fire)
遷り変わる	うつりかわる	to change (with time, the ages, the seasons, etc.); to shift
マルコフ遷移	マルコフせんい	Markov transition
遷化	せんげ	death (of a high priest)

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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encounter, meet, party, association, interview, join

revolve, turn around, change

distribute, spouse, exile, rationing

contrast, compare

deviate, idleness, leisure, miss the mark, evade, elude, parry, diverge

capsize, cover, shade, mantle, be ruined

hegemony, supremacy, leadership, champion