移 means “move, shift, transfer”

うつる · utsuru

Also: change, drift

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

うつる, うつす

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

イ

JLPT N2 · Taught in grade 5 · 11 strokes

The story

Grain (禾) in great numbers (多): picture rice seedlings lifted from the nursery bed and moved, bundle after bundle, out to the paddy. 移る is to move or shift, 移動 is getting from place to place, and a shop sign reading 移転 means it has moved.

Used in 移動 (idou, moving/travel), 移る (utsuru, to move/shift), and 移転 (iten, relocation)

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