牵 — Chinese character
牵
qiān
to drag, to pull, to lead by the hand
- Pinyin
- qiān
- Radical
- 93 ⽜ (Cow)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 大 冖 牛
- Formation
- ideographic — A person 大 pulling an ox 牛 by a rope 冖
- Traditional
- 牽
Common words with 牵
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牵引 (牽引) | qiān yǐn | to pull; to draw (a cart); to tow |
| 牵涉 (牽涉) | qiān shè | to involve; implicated |
| 牵连 (牽連) | qiān lián | to implicate; implicated |
| 牵扯 (牽扯) | qiān chě | to involve; to implicate; to be interrelated |
| 牵头 (牽頭) | qiān tóu | to lead (an animal by the head); to take the lead |
| 牵制 (牽制) | qiān zhì | to control; to curb |
| 牵动 (牽動) | qiān dòng | to affect; to produce a change in sth |
| 牵挂 (牽掛) | qiān guà | to worry about; to be concerned about |
| 牵手 (牽手) | qiān shǒu | to hold hands |
| 牵强 (牽強) | qiān qiǎng | far-fetched; implausible (chain of reasoning) |
| 手牵手 (手牽手) | shǒu qiān shǒu | hand in hand |
| 牵涉到 (牽涉到) | qiān shè dào | to involve; to drag in |
English words written with 牵
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.