遷 — kanji meaning “transition”
遷
transition, move, change
- Meanings
- transition, move, change
- On'yomi
- セン (sen)
- Kun'yomi
- うつ.る、うつ.す、みやこがえ
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1937 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 162
- Chinese reading
- qiān — Chinese character page
Words with 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 |
| 遷移 | せんい sen'i | transition (esp. in scientific, computing, etc. contexts) |
| 遷座 | せんざ senza | relocation of a shrine; transfer of an object of worship |
| 遷延 | せんえん sen'en | delay; procrastination |
| 遷化 | せんげ senge | death (of a high priest) |
| 東遷 | とうせん tousen | moving (the capital) east |
| 孟母三遷 | もうぼさんせん moubosansen | the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning; Mencius' mother, three moves |
| 遷御 | せんぎょ sengyo | relocation of the emperor, an abdicated emperor or the empress dowager |
| 奉遷 | ほうせん housen | moving an object of worship |
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