转移
zhuǎnyí · HSK 4
shift
🔀 转 = turn/rotate + 移 = move/shift
转 carries the sense of turning or pivoting; 移 means to move or relocate. Together they describe turning something and moving it elsewhere — transferring, shifting, or diverting attention, funds, or focus from one place to another.
转 — car radical 车 + 专 (phonetic)
转 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The left side 车 (cart/wheel) gives the meaning, evoking something that turns or rotates like a wheel. The right side 专 supplies the sound. Originally referring to the turning of a cart's wheels, it broadened to mean 'turn,' 'rotate,' or 'shift' in general.
移 — grain 禾 + many 多
Originally a semantic-phonetic compound: 禾 (grain) gives the meaning and 多 (duō) suggested the sound in Old Chinese. It first referred to transplanting rice seedlings, then broadened to mean 'to move, shift, or relocate' in general.