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

𠍉, 𫫣, 撁, 𣽲, 𨼀, 𨖱, 㯠, 縴, 𧐤, 𧲀, 𨄢, 鏲

References

Kangxi Dictionary: 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／形声, OC *kʰiːn, *kʰiːns) : phonetic 玄 (OC *ɡʷeːn) + semantic 牛 (“cow, ox”) — leading an ox by hand.

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiān (qian¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): khiên / khiân

(Meixian, Guangdong): kian¹
Jin (Wiktionary): qie¹
Eastern Min (BUC): kĕng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khan / khian / khen

(Teochew, Peng'im): kang¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹chi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cian
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹
  - Yale: chyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
  - Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: hin¹
  - Yale: hīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: kien^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯en²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiân
  - Hakka Romanization System: kian^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯an²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: kian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰian⁴⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: qie¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕʰie¹¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kĕng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛiŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Hui'an, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan
  - Tâi-lô: khan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qafn
  - IPA (Zhangpu): /kʰan⁵⁵/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Hui'an): /kʰan³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khian
  - Tâi-lô: khian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qiefn
  - IPA (Zhangpu): /kʰiɛn⁵⁵/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kʰiɛn³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kʰiɛn⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Hui'an)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khen
  - Tâi-lô: khen
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qefn
  - IPA (Hui'an): /kʰen³³/

Note:

khan - vernacular;
khian/khen - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: kang¹
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khang
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaŋ³³/

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹chi
  - MiniDict: chi^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹qi
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕʰi⁵³/

Middle Chinese: khen

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
Baxter	khen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛn/
Li Rong	/kʰen/
Wang Li	/kʰien/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰˤi[n]/

(Zhengzhang): /*kʰiːn/

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

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
- 你挑着擔，我牽着馬；…… [MSC, trad.]
  你挑着担，我牵着马；…… [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1986, 閻肅 Yan Su (lyricist) & 許鏡清 Xu Jingqing (composer),《敢問路在何方》"Dare I ask where the road is?"
  nǐ tiāo zhuó dān, wǒ qiān zhuó mǎ;...... [Pinyin]
  You carry the luggage, I lead the horse; [...]
to involve; to drag in
to think about (someone); to be concerned about
to hold up; to hinder; to drag (someone)
a surname

Compounds

了無牽掛／了无牵挂 (liǎowúqiānguà)
做牽頭／做牵头
利鎖名牽／利锁名牵
割肚牽腸／割肚牵肠
勾牽／勾牵
思惹情牽／思惹情牵
意惹情牽／意惹情牵
拘文牽俗／拘文牵俗
拉牽／拉牵
拘牽／拘牵
掛牽／挂牵
掛肚牽心／挂肚牵心
掛肚牽腸／挂肚牵肠
擎蒼牽黃／擎苍牵黄
擔酒牽羊／担酒牵羊
無所牽掛／无所牵挂
無牽無掛／无牵无挂 (wúqiānwúguà)
牽三掛四／牵三挂四
牽五掛四／牵五挂四
牽亡／牵亡 (qiānwáng)
牽亡歌／牵亡歌
牽亡陣／牵亡阵
牽伸／牵伸
牽制／牵制 (qiānzhì)
牽動／牵动 (qiāndòng)
牽合／牵合
牽合附會／牵合附会
牽就／牵就 (qiānjiù)
牽引／牵引 (qiānyǐn)
牽引機／牵引机
牽引療法／牵引疗法
牽強／牵强 (qiānqiǎng)
牽強附會／牵强附会 (qiānqiǎngfùhuì)
牽彩／牵彩
牽手／牵手 (qiānshǒu)
牽扯／牵扯 (qiānchě)
牽挺／牵挺
牽掛／牵挂 (qiānguà)
牽掣／牵掣 (qiānchè)
牽機藥／牵机药
牽涉／牵涉 (qiānshè)
牽牛／牵牛 (qiānniú)
牽牛拔樁／牵牛拔桩
牽牛星／牵牛星 (Qiānniúxīng)
牽牛織女／牵牛织女
牽牛花／牵牛花 (qiānniúhuā)
牽猴／牵猴 (khan-kâu) (Min Nan)
牽籐帶葉／牵藤带叶
牽紅線／牵红线
牽絆／牵绊 (qiānbàn)
牽累／牵累 (qiānlěi)
牽絲／牵丝
牽絲娶婦／牵丝娶妇
牽絲戲／牵丝戏
牽絲扳藤／牵丝扳藤
牽絲攀藤／牵丝攀藤
牽線／牵线 (qiānxiàn)
牽線搭橋／牵线搭桥
牽縈／牵萦
牽纏／牵缠
牽罟／牵罟
牽羊成禮／牵羊成礼
牽羊擔酒／牵羊担酒
牽肚掛腸／牵肚挂肠
牽腸割肚／牵肠割肚
牽腸掛肚／牵肠挂肚
牽蘿補屋／牵萝补屋
牽裳／牵裳
牽記／牵记
牽豬哥／牵猪哥
牽連／牵连 (qiānlián)
牽連犯／牵连犯 (qiānliánfàn)
牽頭／牵头 (qiāntóu)
牽馬／牵马 (qiānmǎ)
牽鼻子／牵鼻子
福業相牽／福业相牵
細漢偷挽匏，大漢偷牽牛／细汉偷挽匏，大汉偷牵牛 (sè-hàn thau bán pû, tōa-hàn thau khan gû) (Min Nan)
繡幙牽絲／绣幙牵丝
纏牽／缠牵
肉袒牽羊／肉袒牵羊
裡牽綿／里牵绵
順手牽羊／顺手牵羊 (shùnshǒuqiānyáng)
風牽／风牵
餼牽／饩牵
魂牽夢縈／魂牵梦萦 (húnqiān-mèngyíng)

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiàn (qian⁴)

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien⁴
  - Yale: chyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiann
  - Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/

Middle Chinese: khenH

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
Baxter	khenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰen^H/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰen^H/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛn^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛn^H/
Li Rong	/kʰen^H/
Wang Li	/kʰien^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kʰien^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin³

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*kʰiːns/

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

^† Alternative form of 縴／纤 (“tow rope”)

Pronunciation 3

Eastern Min (BUC): kèng

Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: kèng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛiŋ⁵³/

Definitions

牽

(Eastern Min) to clutch

Japanese

Kanji

牽

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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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))

hanja form^? of 견 (“draw, pull, attract”)

Vietnamese

Han character

牽: Hán Nôm readings: khiên, khin

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