TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
遷
遷 ＝ 辶 ＋ 䙴
ㄑㄧㄢ · qiān
verb — to move, relocate, transfer; to change
字源 FORM — what the parts do
辶義the walk — a road and a foot
䙴聲qiān — gives the soundhands raising something up to carry across
The walk (辶) and 䙴 qiān, hands lifting a load to bear it elsewhere. To pick up and move the whole household down the road — to relocate. From moving place came moving rank and changing: 遷居、遷移、升遷、變遷. 䙴 carries the exact sound.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
全家收拾停當，舉著行李上路（辶），搬去新城。
The whole household packed, they hoist the bundles and take the road (辶) to a new town.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)遷移、遷居— to move, relocate常用
→升遷、左遷— to transfer in rank, be promoted or demoted
⇒變遷、見異思遷— to change, shift
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension