移動
いどう · idou · JLPT N3 · noun
movement
🚚🦢 移動 = shift + move: moving from one place to another
移 means to shift or transfer, as in 移民 (immigration). 動 means to move, as in 動物 (animal, a moving thing). Together they mean relocating or moving around. Sound hook: idou sounds like 'ee-doh', so 'I do go'.
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.