transition / move
N1- Onyomi
- セン
- Stroke count
- 15
- JLPT
- N1
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 遷 down and you get ⻌ (road / movement) — a road running along the bottom of the character. Picture a road splitting into two forking paths, put 遷 inside it, and let that scene stand for "transition" — transition / move. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 15
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は15画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 15 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
左遷
sasen
demotion
変遷
hensen
transition
左遷する
sasensuru
to do demotion
左遷した
sasenshita
plain past: did demotion
左遷しない
sasenshinai
plain negative: does not do demotion
左遷します
sasenshimasu
polite: do demotion
Example sentences (4)
彼は地方の支店に左遷されました。
かれ は ちほう の してん に させん されました。
kare wa chihou no shiten ni sasen saremashita.
He was demoted to a regional branch.
左遷とはいえ、現場を知る貴重な機会だと前向きに捉えています。
させん と は いえ、げんば を しる きちょう な きかい だ と まえむき に とらえています。
sasen to wa ie, genba o shiru kichou na kikai da to maemuki ni toraeteimasu.
Though it is a demotion, I take it positively as a valuable chance to learn the front line.
言葉の意味の変遷を研究しています。
ことば の いみ の へんせん を けんきゅう しています。
kotoba no imi no hensen o kenkyuu shiteimasu.
I study how word meanings have changed over time.
制度の変遷を踏まえずに議論しても、話はかみ合いません。
せいど の へんせん を ふまえず に ぎろん して も、はなし は かみあいません。
seido no hensen o fumaezu ni giron shite mo, hanashi wa kamiaimasen.
Debating without taking the system's history of change into account gets nowhere.