遷

See also: 迁

遷 U+9077, 遷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9077 ← 遶 [U+9076] CJK Unified Ideographs 選 → [U+9078]

Translingual

Han character

遷 (radical 162, 辵+12, 16 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 15 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜一田山 (YMWU), four-corner 3130₁, composition ⿺辶䙴)

References

• KangXi: page 1265, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39123
• Dae Jaweon: page 1761, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3881, character 2
• Unihan data for U+9077

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Chinese

trad.		遷
simp.		迁*

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
遷	*sʰen
櫏	*sʰen
韆	*sʰen
僊	*sen
躚	*sen, *seːn
蹮	*seːn

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiān (qian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiên
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhian

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ciang¹ / ciêng¹

• Wu (Wiktionary): qi (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien1
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cian
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹
    • Yale: chīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: qien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯en²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian
    • Tâi-lô: tshian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ciang¹ / ciêng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshiang / tshieng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiaŋ³³/, /t͡sʰieŋ³³/

Note:

• ciang1 - Shantou;
• ciêng1 - Chaozhou.

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: qi (T1)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡sʰiᴇn/

Rime
Character	遷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	七然切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰiᴇn/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰiɛn/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰjæn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰian/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰiɛn/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰĭɛn/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰi̯ɛn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[tsʰ]ar/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sʰen/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	遷
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiān
Middle Chinese	‹ tshjen ›
Old Chinese	/*[tsʰ]ar/
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	遷
Reading #	1/1
No.	10233
Phonetic component	遷
Rime group	元
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	遷
Old Chinese	/*sʰen/
Notes	說文上從囟聲

Definitions

遷

1. to ascend; to go up (to)
2. to promote; to be promoted (to a post)
3. to move (one's abode); to relocate; to migrate
4. to change; to shift; to transfer

   • 有顏回者好學，不遷怒，不貳過。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     有颜回者好学，不迁怒，不贰过。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, circa 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yǒu Yán Huí zhě hàoxué, bù qiānnù, bù èr guò. [Pinyin]

     There was Yan Hui; He loved to learn. He did not transfer his anger; he did not repeat a fault.

5. to banish; to send into exile
6. to banish from the court
7. to die; to decease
8. to disperse
9. (～州) (historical) Qian Prefecture
10. A surname​.

Compounds

Derived terms from 遷

• 一歲三遷／一岁三迁
• 一歲九遷／一岁九迁
• 三遷／三迁 (sānqiān)
• 不遷／不迁
• 乘輿播遷／乘舆播迁
• 事過境遷／事过境迁 (shìguòjìngqiān)
• 他遷／他迁
• 內遷／内迁
• 出谷遷喬／出谷迁乔
• 動物遷移／动物迁移
• 動遷戶／动迁户
• 升遷／升迁 (shēngqiān)
• 史遷／史迁
• 君遷子／君迁子
• 喬遷／乔迁 (qiáoqiān)
• 喬遷之喜／乔迁之喜 (qiáoqiānzhīxǐ)
• 孟母三遷／孟母三迁 (mèngmǔsānqiān)
• 季節遷徙／季节迁徙
• 安土重遷／安土重迁 (āntǔzhòngqiān)
• 宿遷／宿迁 (Sùqiān)
• 左遷／左迁 (zuǒqiān)
• 張遷碑／张迁碑
• 情隨事遷／情随事迁
• 懋遷／懋迁
• 才如史遷／才如史迁
• 拆遷／拆迁 (chāiqiān)
• 拆遷戶／拆迁户
• 搬遷／搬迁 (bānqiān)

• 播遷／播迁
• 改俗遷風／改俗迁风
• 改行遷善／改行迁善
• 改過遷善／改过迁善
• 文化變遷／文化变迁
• 時移事遷／时移事迁
• 時過境遷／时过境迁 (shíguòjìngqiān)
• 朝遷市變／朝迁市变
• 東徙西遷／东徙西迁
• 東遷西徙／东迁西徙
• 磨揉遷革／磨揉迁革
• 社會變遷／社会变迁
• 神遷／神迁
• 累遷／累迁 (lěiqiān)
• 美遷／美迁
• 行隨事遷／行随事迁
• 見異思遷／见异思迁 (jiànyìsīqiān)
• 調遷／调迁
• 變遷／变迁 (biànqiān)
• 超遷／超迁
• 遷人／迁人
• 遷化／迁化
• 遷善／迁善
• 遷善改過／迁善改过
• 遷善遠罪／迁善远罪
• 遷喬／迁乔
• 遷喬之望／迁乔之望

• 遷客／迁客
• 遷客騷人／迁客骚人
• 遷就／迁就 (qiānjiù)
• 遷居／迁居 (qiānjū)
• 遷延／迁延 (qiānyán)
• 遷徙／迁徙 (qiānxǐ)
• 遷徙自由／迁徙自由
• 遷怒／迁怒 (qiānnù)
• 遷思迴慮／迁思回虑
• 遷斥／迁斥
• 遷染／迁染
• 遷次／迁次
• 遷正／迁正
• 遷流／迁流
• 遷神／迁神
• 遷移／迁移 (qiānyí)
• 遷葬／迁葬 (qiānzàng)
• 遷訛／迁讹
• 遷調／迁调
• 遷謫／迁谪
• 遷貿／迁贸
• 遷都／迁都 (qiāndū)
• 遷除／迁除
• 遷離／迁离
• 遷鼎／迁鼎
• 重遷／重迁
• 鶯遷／莺迁

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Japanese

Kanji

遷

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. transition, move, change

Readings

• On (unclassified): せん (sen, Jōyō)
• Kun: うつる (utsuru, 遷る); うつす (utsusu, 遷す)

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Korean

Hanja

遷 • (cheon)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 천 (revised: cheon, McCune–Reischauer: ch'ŏn, Yale: chen)
  • Name (hangeul): 옮길

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   • 遷都/천도, 遷移/천이, 遷職/천직, 改過遷善/개과천선, 孟母三遷/맹모삼천, 變遷/변천, 俄館播遷/아관파천, 左遷/좌천, 遞遷/체천

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Vietnamese

Han character

遷 (thiên)

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