迁

qiān

q+iān·1st tone

to move · to shift

Radical: 辶 Strokes: 6 HSK 7-9

Structure: Bottom-left surroundFrequency: Common

Same radical

通道连遗过进远运边达退逸

Same radical

通道连遗过进远运边达退逸选造还

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Character Decomposition

迁=辶+千

Etymology

walk

Meanings

to move

to shift

to change (a position or location etc)

to promote

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Words with 迁 320 total

to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants拆迁chāi qiān to yield to; to adapt to; to accommodate oneself to (sth)迁就qiān jiù to move (from one residence to another)迁居qiān jū

Idioms with 迁 54 total Chain

to hate to leave a place where one has lived long · to be attached to one's native land and unwilling to leave it安土重迁ān tǔ zhòng qiān