移 Shift

Radical Combination

• 禾

  Grain
• 夕

  Evening

Meaning

Primary

Shift

Mnemonic

A grain, from one evening to the next evening, experiences a shift. After two evenings, the grain has shifted from one location to another.

Hints

Picture the grain in your head with a time-lapse of one evening after another happening in the background. Slowly, the grain shifts.

Readings

On’yomi

い

Kun’yomi

うつ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

This shift is caused by the eagle (い) that wants to eat the grains. Every other evening, the eagle swoops down, shifts the grains (eating a few) and then flies off.

Hints

Picture the eagle flying down on the second evening, scattering the grains it doesn't eat, shifting their location.