牽

Information about character(s)

Radical: 牛
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 11
Simplified Form: 牵

Pronunciation

Pinyin: qiān, qiàn
Cantonese: hin1
JapaneseKun: HIKU
JapaneseOn: KEN
Korean: KYEN

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: drag, pull, lead by hand

CE-Dict: to pull (an animal on a tether)/to lead along/to hold hands

Soothill: To haul, drag, influence, implicate.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to pull along
2.to drag
3.to involve

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: involve; lead along; pull

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: involve; lead along; pull

湘雅醫學專業詞典: draw

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《牛部》牽引前也。从牛，象引牛之縻也。玄聲。

康熙字典文字版 【巳集下】【牛字部】牽
〔古文〕摼𢴡【唐韻】苦堅切【集韻】【韻會】輕煙切，𠀤音岍。【說文】引前也。从牛，象引牛之縻也。【易·夬卦】牽羊悔亡。【書·酒誥】肇牽車牛。【禮·曲禮】效馬效羊者，右牽之。效犬者，左牽之。　又【周禮·天官·小宰】掌其牢禮，委積膳獻飮食賔賜之飱牽。【註】飱，夕食也。牽，牲牢可牽而行者。【左傳·僖三十三年】惟是脯資餼牽竭矣。【註】牽，謂牛羊豕。　又【玉篇】挽也。【左傳·襄十年】牽帥老夫，以至於此。　又【玉篇】連也。【易·小畜】九二牽復吉。【疏】牽謂牽連。　又【玉篇】速也。【禮·學記】君子之敎喩也，道而勿牽。【疏】牽謂牽逼人。苟不曉知，亦不偪急，牽令速曉也。　又【管子·法法篇】令出而不行，謂之牽。　又拘也。【史記·六國表】學者牽於所聞。　又牽牛，星名。【禮·月令】旦牽牛中。　又地名。【春秋·定十四年】公會齊侯衞侯于牽。【註】魏郡黎陽縣東北有牽城。　又人名。【左傳·成十七年】鮑牽見之。　又姓。【後漢·皇甫規傳】實賴兗州刺史牽顥之淸猛。　又【廣韻】苦甸切【集韻】輕甸切，𠀤音俔。【廣韻】牽挽也。　又【增韻】挽舟索，一名百丈牽。　又叶詳均切。【急就章】盜賊繫囚搒笞臀朋，黨謀敗相引牽，欺誣詰狀還反眞。【韻會】亦作掔。

Buddhism words and phrases pull, lead, draw, bring about, induce

CF-Dict: conduire par la main (une personne ou un animal)/se tenir la main/s'impliquer

Han-De-Dict: ziehen (u.E.) (V)