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transition
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingセン
Kun readingうつ.る、うつ.す、みやこがえ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. transitionRtK
    表面上、本書の大部分は一連の事例の変遷を記録したものである。On the surface the book consists mostly of a series of case histories.tatoeba
    巨椋池の姿の変遷History of Ogura-ike Pondwiki
  2. move
    孟母三遷の教えなど持ち出して、子供のお受験での引っ越しを正当化しないでよ。Don't drag out Chinese sayings about the importance of an environment conducive to learning just to justify moving for a child's entrance exams!tatoeba
  3. change
  1. relocation of the capital
  2. transfer of the capital

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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old west · large (大) · St. Bernard (犬) · snake (乙) · self (自) · road (辶)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1737

Compound words

左遷させん
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
変遷へんせん
change; transition; vicissitudes
遷都せんと
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
遷すうつす
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.)
遷るうつる
to move (house)
遷移せんい
transition (esp. in scientific, computing, etc. contexts)
遷宮せんぐう
installation of a deity in a new shrine
遷座せんざ
relocation of a shrine
東遷とうせん
moving (the capital) east
孟母三遷もうぼさんせん
the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning
マルコフ遷移マルコフせんい
Markov transition

Additional Examples

不遷は諱である。
Fusen was his imina (personal name).wiki

Stroke Order

15 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 遷

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