移殖 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

yí move, change place

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

禾 Meaning component

hé grain stalk

多 Sound component

duō much

Change in sound

移 and 多 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
移 *laj
多 *[t.l]ˤaj

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ye	laj	move (v.)

《說文》：“移，禾相倚移也。从禾，多聲。一曰禾名。”

Phonosemantic compound. 歹 represents the meaning and 直 represents the sound.

歹 Meaning component

dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad

直 Sound component

zhí straight

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Baxter-Sagart	dzyik	N-tək	grow, flourish (v.)
	dzyik	m-tək	plant (v.)

《說文》：“殖，脂膏久，殖也。从歺，直聲。”