Meaning
Move, transfer, shift, relocate — used when something or someone changes position or location, physically or figuratively.
- 移動 — movement, migration
- 移住 — migration, relocation
- 移転 — transfer (of property, office)
- 移行 — transition
- 移植 — transplant (surgery, plants)
- 移民 — immigrant
The character 移 combines 禾 (grain) with 多 (many, here as phonetic). It originally suggested moving or swaying grain in the wind, which evolved into meanings of movement and relocation.
来月、本社が 移転します。
The head office will relocate next month.
このファイルを 別のフォルダに 移動してください。
Please move this file to another folder.
The on-yomi イ (i) appears in compound words. The kun-yomi うつる and うつす describe movement — “to move (intransitive)” and “to move (transitive)” respectively.