移

移 U+79FB, 移 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-79FB ← 秺 [U+79FA] CJK Unified Ideographs 秼 → [U+79FC]

Translingual

Han character

移 (radical 115, 禾+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹木弓戈弓 (HDNIN), four-corner 2792₇, composition ⿰禾多)

Descendants

• 𛀉

References

• KangXi: page 853, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25045
• Dae Jaweon: page 1277, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2603, character 20
• Unihan data for U+79FB

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		移

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (多) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
多	*ʔl'aːl
哆	*ʔl'aːlʔ, *ʔl'aːls, *ʔr'aːls, *hr'aːl, *l̥ʰjaːlʔ, *l̥ʰjalʔ, *l̥ʰjɯs
跢	*ʔl'aːls, *ʔl'aːds
痑	*ʔl'aːls, *l̥ʰaːl, *l̥ʰaːn
爹	*daːʔ, *tjaː
陊	*l'aːlʔ, *l'alʔ
橠	*naːlʔ
袲	*naːlʔ, *l̥ʰjalʔ, *lal
奓	*ʔr'aːl, *ʔr'aːls
栘	*ɦljeːl, *lal
黟	*ʔleːl, *ʔlil
趍	*sʰlo, *l'al
誃	*l'al, *l̥ʰjalʔ
簃	*l'al, *lal
眵	*ʔljjal, *l̥ʰjal
恀	*ʔljalʔ, *l̥ʰjalʔ, *ɦljalʔ
侈	*l̥ʰjalʔ
姼	*l̥ʰjalʔ, *ɦljal, *ɦljalʔ
鉹	*l̥ʰjalʔ, *lal
垑	*l̥ʰjalʔ
袳	*l̥ʰjalʔ
卶	*l̥ʰjals, *hljals
宜	*ŋral
誼	*ŋrals
竩	*ŋrals
移	*lal
迻	*lal
扅	*lal
拸	*lal, *lalʔ
熪	*lal
謻	*lal
蛥	*ɢljad

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *lal): semantic 禾 + phonetic 多 (OC *ʔl'aːl).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/m/s-laj ~ r/s-lej ~ b-rej (“to change, exchange, buy”). Compare also Tibetan རྗེ་བ་ (rje ba, “to change, barter”) and Burmese လှယ် (hlai, “to exchange”).

Characters 易 (OC *leɡ, “to change”) and 賜 (OC *sleːɡs, “to give”) are derivates of it.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yí (yi²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yì
• Min Bei (KCR): ǐ
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): î

  (Teochew, Peng'im): i⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): hhi (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yí
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˊ
    • Wade–Giles: i2
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yi
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁴
    • Yale: yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì
    • Hakka Romanization System: iˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi²
    • Sinological IPA: /i¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yì
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)iˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yi²
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i¹¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ǐ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: î
    • Tâi-lô: î
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /i²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /i²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /i¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /i²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /i²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: i⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: î
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: hhi (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɦi²³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 移
Mandarin	Beijing	/i³⁵/
	Harbin	/i²⁴/
	Tianjin	/i⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/i⁴²/
	Qingdao	/i⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/i⁴²/
	Xi'an	/i²⁴/
	Xining	/ji²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/i⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/i⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/i⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/i²¹³/
	Chengdu	/i³¹/
	Guiyang	/i²¹/
	Kunming	/i³¹/
	Nanjing	/i²⁴/
	Hefei	/zz̩⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/i¹¹/
	Pingyao	/i¹³/
	Hohhot	/i³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/ɦi²³/
	Suzhou	/ɦi¹³/
	Hangzhou	/ɦi²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/ji³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/i⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/i⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/i¹³/
	Xiangtan	/i¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/i⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/i¹¹/
	Taoyuan	/ʒï¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/ji²¹/
	Nanning	/ji²¹/
	Hong Kong	/ji²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/i³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/ie⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/i²¹/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/i⁵⁵/ /ĩ⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/tua²¹³/ 訓徙

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• Middle Chinese: /jiᴇ/

Rime
Character	移
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	以 (36)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	弋支切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/jiᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/jiɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/jɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/jiə̆/
Li Rong	/ie/
Wang Li	/jǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/ie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yí

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*laj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*lal/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	移
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yí
Middle Chinese	‹ ye ›
Old Chinese	/*laj/
English	move (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	移
Reading #	1/1
No.	2680
Phonetic component	多
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	移
Old Chinese	/*lal/

Definitions

移

1. to change place; to move; to move about
2. to change; to shift
3. to transplant

Compounds

Derived terms from 移

• 一定不移 (yīdìngbùyí)
• 下愚不移
• 不移 (bùyí)
• 不移時／不移时
• 不移至理
• 位移 (wèiyí)
• 倒海移山
• 傾移斷層／倾移断层
• 動物遷移／动物迁移
• 北山移文
• 千里移檄
• 南山可移
• 卵子移植
• 器官移植 (qìguān yízhí)
• 堅定不移／坚定不移 (jiāndìngbùyí)
• 守正不移
• 守節不移／守节不移
• 寒暑推移
• 寸步難移／寸步难移
• 山牧季移 (shānmùjìyí)
• 平移 (píngyí)
• 平移斷層／平移断层
• 心臟移植／心脏移植
• 愚公移山 (yúgōngyíshān)
• 戀土難移／恋土难移
• 挪移 (nuóyí)
• 推山移嶺／推山移岭
• 推移 (tuīyí)
• 搬移 (bānyí)
• 故土難移／故土难移
• 文移
• 斗轉星移／斗转星移
• 日不移影
• 日不移晷
• 日中則移／日中则移
• 易俗移風／易俗移风
• 星移斗轉／星移斗转
• 星移物換／星移物换
• 時移世易／时移世易 (shíyíshìyì)
• 時移世異／时移世异
• 時移世變／时移世变
• 時移事改／时移事改
• 時移事遷／时移事迁
• 時移俗易／时移俗易
• 本性難移／本性难移

• 東走西移／东走西移
• 波迸流移
• 流移 (liúyí)
• 海外移民
• 游移 (yóuyí)
• 游移不決／游移不决
• 漂移 (piāoyí)
• 潛移／潜移 (qiányí)
• 潛移暗化／潜移暗化
• 潛移陰奪／潜移阴夺
• 潛移默化／潜移默化 (qiányímòhuà)
• 潛移默奪／潜移默夺
• 潛移默運／潜移默运
• 物換星移／物换星移 (wù huàn xīng yí)
• 皮下移植
• 移交 (yíjiāo)
• 移位 (yíwèi)
• 移住 (yízhù)
• 移動／移动 (yídòng)
• 移動電話／移动电话 (yídòng diànhuà)
• 移國／移国
• 移天
• 移天徙日
• 移天易日
• 移孝作忠
• 移孝為忠／移孝为忠
• 移宮換羽／移宫换羽
• 移居 (yíjū)
• 移山倒海
• 移山填海
• 移師／移师
• 移情 (yíqíng)
• 移情作用
• 移情別戀／移情别恋 (yíqíngbiéliàn)
• 移易 (yíyì)
• 移星換斗／移星换斗
• 移時／移时
• 移晷
• 移書／移书
• 移會／移会
• 移有足無／移有足无
• 移木之信
• 移東就西／移东就西
• 移東換西／移东换西
• 移東補西／移东补西

• 移栽 (yízāi)
• 移植 (yízhí)
• 移樽
• 移樽就教
• 移檄 (yíxí)
• 移步 (yíbù)
• 移民 (yímín)
• 移民媽媽／移民妈妈
• 移民局 (yímínjú)
• 移液管
• 移牒
• 移玉
• 移用 (yíyòng)
• 移病
• 移禍／移祸 (yíhuò)
• 移禍江東／移祸江东
• 移臨／移临
• 移花接木 (yíhuājiēmù)
• 移調／移调 (yídiào)
• 移調樂器／移调乐器
• 移轉／移转 (yízhuǎn)
• 移轉支付／移转支付
• 移送 (yísòng)
• 移防 (yífáng)
• 移靈／移灵
• 移項／移项
• 移風易俗／移风易俗 (yífēngyìsú)
• 移駕／移驾 (yíjià)
• 移鼎
• 紅位移／红位移
• 蝸步難移／蜗步难移
• 蝸步龜移／蜗步龟移
• 覆海移山
• 貧賤不能移／贫贱不能移 (pínjiànbùnéngyí)
• 轉移／转移 (zhuǎnyí)
• 轉移視線／转移视线
• 退如山移
• 遷移／迁移 (qiānyí)
• 量移
• 陰陽移／阴阳移
• 革帶移孔／革带移孔
• 風移俗改／风移俗改
• 風移俗易／风移俗易
• 風移俗變／风移俗变
• 骨髓移植 (gǔsuǐ yízhí)

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Japanese

Kanji

移

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. change
2. transfer

Readings

• Go-on: い (i, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: い (i, Jōyō)
• Kun: うつる (utsuru, 移る, Jōyō); うつす (utsusu, 移す, Jōyō); うつろい (utsuroi, 移ろい)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
移
い Grade: 5
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 移 (MC jiᴇ).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [i]

Noun

移(い) • (i) 

1. (historical) under the Ritsuryō system of ancient Japan, an official document exchanged between officials with no direct authority over each other

Synonyms

• 移(うつ)し文(ぶみ) (utsushibumi)

See also

• 牒(ちょう) (chō)

Affix

移(い) • (i) 

1. shift; move; change

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 転(てん)移(い) (ten'i): transition; transference
• 移(い)転(てん) (iten): transfer
• 変(へん)移(い) (hen'i): to change, shift, alterate, transmutate, transubstantiate
• 移(い)管(かん) (ikan): transfer
• 移(い)植(しょく) (ishoku): transplantation
• 移(い)譲(じょう) (ijō): transfer
• 移(い)動(どう) (idō): move
• 移(い)入(にゅう) (inyū): populate
• 移(い)民(みん) (imin): immigration

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Korean

Hanja

移 (eumhun 옮길 이 (omgil i))

1. Hanja form^? of 이 (“to change place”).

Compounds

• 이앙법 (移秧法, iangbeop, “rice transplanting”)

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Vietnamese

Han character

移: Hán Nôm readings: dời, chòm, đệm, xờm, day, dây, dê, di, giay, rời, dị, sỉ, xỉ

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References

• Nom Foundation