迁 qiān to shift
to shift; to move; to change
怎么记住“迁”: 辶 walking + 千 thousand = to shift. The new flat is only one thousand steps away, so the family goes walking back and forth all day with every box, because they have to shift.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
迁 = 辶 walking + 千 thousand
- 辶 walking
- 千 thousand
- ㇒ falling stroke
- 十 ten
The new flat is only one thousand steps away, so the family goes walking back and forth all day with every box, because they have to shift.
How it came to be
In the full form, walking gives the meaning and the right part gives the sound.
用法
- Core sense 'to move/relocate': 搬迁 (bānqiān) to relocate, 迁移 (qiānyí) to migrate, 变迁 (biànqiān) vicissitudes/changes over time.
- 迁就 (qiānjiù) has a special sense: to accommodate or give in to someone, often over-indulgently: 别总是迁就孩子 (bié zǒngshì qiānjiù háizi) don't always give in to the child.
- 拆迁 (chāiqiān), demolish-and-relocate, is a loaded urban-development term in modern China.