TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
移
移 ＝ 禾 ＋ 多
ㄧˊ · yí
verb — to move, shift, transfer
字源 FORM — what the parts do
禾義grain
IFTduō → yí — reading shifted across initial, final, and tone
Grain (禾) with 多, which lends the sound — duō shifting to yí. 說文 reads it of grain stalks leaning and shifting against one another in the wind, 禾相倚移. From that swaying shift comes any moving-over: 移動、搬移、移民, 移植 to transplant.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一片禾（穀子）在風裡互相倚著，一棵推一棵地晃過去——移。
A field of grain (禾) leans together in the wind, each stalk nudging the next over — to shift.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)禾相倚移— grain-stalks leaning and swaying
→移動、搬移— to move, shift常用
⇒移民、移植— to migrate; to transplant常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
多duōthe phonetic alone — 多 is many; set it on for the swaying shift徙xǐthe partner sense — 徙 moves on foot (彳/止); 移 moves like shifting grain