挪

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to shift; to move

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Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

扌 meaning “hand” + 那 sound ( nà )

Components 扌那

transfer · Heisig RSH #2938

Alcatraz + fingers

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
树挪死，人挪活	shù nuó sǐ , rén nuó huó	lit. if moved to a new location, a tree will die, but a person will live (idiom); fig. hum…
挪亚方舟	Nuó yà fāng zhōu	Noah's ark
挪窝儿	nuó wō r	(dialect) to move (after being some time in the same place); to move (house)
闪转腾挪	shǎn zhuǎn téng nuó	to move nimbly about, dodging and weaving (martial arts)
挪动	nuó dòng	to move; to shift
挪开	nuó kāi	to move (sth) aside; to step aside; to move over (when sitting on a bench); to shift (one'…
挪亚	Nuó yà	Noah
挪用	nuó yòng	to shift (funds); to (legitimately) take funds set aside for one purpose in order to use t…
挪威	Nuó wēi	Norway
挪借	nuó jiè	to borrow money for a short time
腾挪	téng nuó	to move; to shift; to move out of the way; to divert (money etc) to a different purpose

Characters sharing the sound component 那 — compare how they read.