Question

移 うつ.る、うつ.す 移転(いてん): moving; transfer; demise移動(いどう): (1) removal; migration; movement (2) mobile (e.g. communications)移民(いみん): (1) emigration; immigration (2) emigrant; immigrant移住(いじゅう): migration; immigration移す(うつす): (1) to change; to swap; to substitute; to transfer (2) to change the object of one's interest or focus (3) to spend or take time (4) to infect (5) to permeate something with the smell or colour of something (6) to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)移行(いこう): switching over to; migration; transition移る(うつる): (1) to move (house); to transfer (department) (2) to change the target of interest or concern (3) to elapse (passage of time) (4) to be permeated by a colour or scent (5) to be infected; to be contagious; to spread (as in fire) 5 禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115)多: many; frequent; much 禾 5 (none) shift Many people are making the shift from white to whole wheat bread.

Accepted Answer

イ shift, move, change, drift, catch (cold, fire), pass into 2 448 11 115 のぎ・のぎへん 会意 Compound Ideographic Picture the WHEAT field, filled with MANY, MANY stalks of WHEAT. Notice how they SHIFT like waves in the slightest breeze. When you hear SHIFT, just picture that scene.

Kanji	移
Onyomi	イ
Kunyomi	うつ.る、うつ.す
English	shift, move, change, drift, catch (cold, fire), pass into
Examples	移転(いてん): moving; transfer; demise 移動(いどう): (1) removal; migration; movement (2) mobile (e.g. communications) 移民(いみん): (1) emigration; immigration (2) emigrant; immigrant 移住(いじゅう): migration; immigration 移す(うつす): (1) to change; to swap; to substitute; to transfer (2) to change the object of one's interest or focus (3) to spend or take time (4) to infect (5) to permeate something with the smell or colour of something (6) to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.) 移行(いこう): switching over to; migration; transition 移る(うつる): (1) to move (house); to transfer (department) (2) to change the target of interest or concern (3) to elapse (passage of time) (4) to be permeated by a colour or scent (5) to be infected; to be contagious; to spread (as in fire)
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	5
Frequency	448
Components	禾: 2-branch tree radical (no. 115) 多: many; frequent; much
Number of Strokes	11
Kanji Radical	禾
Radical Number	115
Radical Strokes	5
Radical Reading	のぎ・のぎへん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	shift
Koohii Story 1	Picture the WHEAT field, filled with MANY, MANY stalks of WHEAT. Notice how they SHIFT like waves in the slightest breeze. When you hear SHIFT, just picture that scene.
Koohii Story 2	Many people are making the shift from white to whole wheat bread.

Migration Shift Immigration Transfer Change Interest Colour Move