转让
zhuǎn ràng · HSK 5
to transfer (ownership, rights etc)
🔄📦 转 = turn/rotate + 让 = yield/give → turn over and yield = transfer
转 (turn) plus 让 (yield, cede) literally means to turn something over and cede it to another party. Used for transferring ownership of tech, goods, or property rights.
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.
让 — speech radical 讠(言) + 襄 (phonetic)
A semantic-phonetic compound: 讠(言) 'speech' suggests the meaning, while 襄 supplies the sound. The original sense involved blaming or reproaching with words, then shifted through 'yield in argument' to today's meanings of 'yield, allow, let' and 'cause (someone to do something).'