移动 (yí dòng)

Character breakdown

• 移 (yí) · 11 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 多 represents the sound. Alludes to grain moving while it is blown by the wind.

• 动 (dòng) · 6 strokes

  Simplified form of 動. Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning. The sound component 重 was simplified to 云.