移 (yí)

to move; to shift; to alter

How 移 is written

Strokes
11
Radical
禾 — grain
Traditional
移
Simplified
移 (unchanged)

Components

Common words using 移

漂移 piāoyí
drift (electrical)
移動 yídòng
to move; movement; migration
堅定不移 jiāndìngbùyí
unswerving; unflinching
推移 tuīyí
(of time) to elapse or pass; (of a situation) to develop or evolve
本性難移 běnxìngnányí
It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.; Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
潛移默化 qiányímòhuà
imperceptible influence; to influence secretly
移情 yíqíng
to shift one's affection; to change sentiment
移植 yízhí
to transplant
移民 yímín
to immigrate; to migrate; emigrant
移除 yíchú
to remove
轉移 zhuǎnyí
to shift; to divert or distract (attention etc); to change
遷移 qiānyí
to migrate; to move

移 in a sentence

請把車子移動一下,擋到路了。

Qǐng bǎ chēzi yídòng yīxià, dǎngdào lù le.

“Please move your car a bit; it's blocking the way.”

How common is 移?

移 is the 878th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 87% of all running text.

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