牵(qiān): to lead along

HSK 69 strokesTrad. 牽

to lead along

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Character informationHSK 6

Pinyin: qiān
Meaning: to lead along; to pull (an animal on a tether); (bound form) to involve; to draw in
Strokes: 9
HSK level: HSK 6
Traditional: 牽

Origin & structureWhere 牵 comes from

Ideograph⿱大⿱冖牛

A person 大 pulling an ox 牛 by a rope 冖

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

大dà 冖mì 牛niú

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 牽: A person pulling 冖 an ox 牛 by a rope 玄

Words with 牵

qiān牵zhì制

HSK 7-9

to control; to curb; to restrict; to impede; to pin down (enemy troops)

qiān牵chě扯

HSK 7-9

to involve; to implicate

qiān牵guà挂

HSK 7-9

to worry about

qiān牵shè涉

HSK 7-9

to involve

qiān牵tóu头

HSK 7-9

to lead (an animal by the head)

jū拘qiān牵

restrained; confined

qiān牵dòng动

to affect; to produce a change in sth

qiān牵yǐn引

to pull; to draw (a cart); to tow

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