A person pulling 冖 an ox 牛 by a rope 玄
Components
Notes
Sign in to add your own note
Similar Characters
牵 pull (simp)荦 brindled ox (simp)弦 bowstring泫 cry炫 show-off畜 livestock痃 indigestion眩 to confuse舷 the sides of a boat鉉 device (trad)铉 device for carrying (simp)冗 superfluous写 write (jp)冢 burial mound冣 most冪 cover-cloth (trad)塋 cemetery (trad)寝 get some shuteye (jp)寢 get some shuteye (trad)幂 cover-cloth (simp)
Historical Evolution
牽
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
牽
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
牽
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
牽
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
牽
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
牽
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
牽
Regular
Modern
Chinese
牵 / 牽 [qiān]
to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (46)
牵扯 [qiānchě] #5,432
to involve
牵涉 [qiānshè] #6,066
to involve
牵连 [qiānlián] #7,037
to implicate
牵挂 [qiānguà] #12,495
to worry about
牵引 [qiānyǐn] #17,983
to pull
牵头 [qiāntóu] #40,533
to lead (an animal by the head)
牵制 [qiānzhì] #16,364
to control
牵动 [qiāndòng] #38,571
to affect
牵强 [qiānqiǎng] #17,490
far-fetched
顺手牵羊 [shùnshǒuqiānyáng] #21,382
lit. to lead away a goat while passing by (idiom)
36 more
items
JAPANESE WORDS (17)
⭐ 引く [ひく] #725
to pull
牽制 [けんせい] #6,376
check
牽引 [けんいん] #29,063
traction
牽強付会 [けんきょうふかい] #87,220
strained (argument, interpretation, etc.)
牽引力 [けんいんりょく] #87,903
pulling power
牽牛 [けんぎゅう] #103,548
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila)
牽制球 [けんせいきゅう] #105,940
pickoff throw
牽引車 [けんいんしゃ] #113,263
tractor
牽引役 [けんいんやく] #137,571
leading force
牽強 [けんきょう] #161,844
distortion of facts
7 more
items