牽

See also: 牵
牽 U+727D, 牽
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-727D
← 牼
[U+727C] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 牾 →
[U+727E]

Translingual

Han character

牽 (Kangxi radical 93, 牛+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜女月手 (YVBQ), four-corner 00503, composition ⿱⿻玄冖牛)

Derived characters

References
  • KangXi: page 701, character 2
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20025
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1114, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1811, character 11
  • Unihan data for U+727D

Chinese
trad. 牽
simp. 牵
alternative forms 𪺮

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (牽) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
牽 *kʰiːn, *kʰiːns
縴 *kʰiːn

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰiːn, *kʰiːns) : phonetic 玄 (OC *ɡʷeːn) + semantic 牛 (“cow, ox”) — leading an ox by hand.

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • khan - vernacular;
  • khian/khen - literary.
Rime
Character 牽
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 苦堅切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰen/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰen/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰɛn/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰɛn/
Li
Rong		 /kʰen/
Wang
Li		 /kʰien/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰien/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 hin1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 牽
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 qiān
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ khen ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[k]ʰˁi[n]/
English pull, lead, drag

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 牽
Reading # 1/2
No. 10175
Phonetic
component		 牽
Rime
group		 眞
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 牽
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰiːn/
Notes 古簡象引牛而非玄聲

Definitions

牽

  1. to drag; to pull; to lead by hand
    牽著你的手／牵着你的手  ―  qiānzhe nǐ de shǒu  ―  holding on to your hand
    牽著一頭牛／牵着一头牛  ―  qiānzhe yī tóu niú  ―  leading a cow
  2. to involve; to drag in
  3. to think about (someone); to be concerned about
  4. to hold up; to hinder; to drag (someone)
  5. a surname

Compounds
Derived terms from 牽

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 牽
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 先 (85)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 苦甸切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰenH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰenH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰɛnH/
Li
Rong		 /kʰenH/
Wang
Li		 /kʰienH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰienH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qiàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 hin3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 牽
Reading # 2/2
No. 10177
Phonetic
component		 牽
Rime
group		 眞
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 俔
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰiːns/

Definitions

牽

  1. † Alternative form of 縴／纤 (qiàn, “tow rope”).

Pronunciation 3

Definitions

牽

  1. (Min Dong) to clutch

Japanese

Kanji
牽

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings
  • Go-on: けん (ken)
  • Kan-on: けん (ken)
  • Kun: ひく (hiku, 牽く)

Korean

Hanja

牽 (eumhun 당길 견 (danggil gyeon))

  1. Hanja form? of 견 (“draw, pull, attract”).

Vietnamese

Han character

牽: Hán Nôm readings: khiên, khin

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