Memory phrase for the Kanji: 遷


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Meaning transition, shift, move, transfer, change

Pronunciation

SEN
utsuru

Explanation

Left: movement 辶, right: west 西, big 大, I/myself 己

Mnemonic


 
A movement in the west by the "Big Self" (= western egoism), means a real transition.

Radicals

movementThe radical shinnyuu stands for movement and thus has the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou
西 westThe upper stroke 一 can be seen as the horizon, with variations of sun 日 and two legs 儿, which stand for a downward motion: Below the horizon sinks the sun (at sunset) in the west.
I, myself
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 Vocabulary

変遷 へんせん  change, transition, vicissitudes


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