牽 (qiān)
to hold (hands)/to lead along/to pull
How 牽 is written
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 玄 — dark/profound
- Traditional
- 牽
- Simplified
- 牵
Components
- 玄 dark/profound
- 冖 cover
- 牛 cow
Common words using 牽
- 牽掛 qiānguà
- to worry about; to be concerned about
- 牽動 qiāndòng
- to affect; to produce a change in sth
- 牽引 qiānyǐn
- to pull; to draw (a cart); to tow
- 牽強 qiānqiǎng
- far-fetched; implausible (chain of reasoning)
- 牽手 qiānshǒu
- hold hands (romance)
- 牽扯 qiānchě
- to involve; to implicate
- 牽絆 qiānbàn
- to bind; to yoke; to impede
- 牽連 qiānlián
- to implicate; implicated
- 魂牽夢繞 húnqiānmèngrào
- to be captivated; to wonder; enchanting
- 無牽無掛 wúqiānwúguà
- to have no cares; to be carefree
- 牽制 qiānzhì
- to control; to curb; to restrict
- 牽就 qiānjiù
- to concede; to give up
牽 in a sentence
他們牽著手在公園散步。
Tāmen qiānzhe shǒu zài gōngyuán sànbù.
“They are walking in the park holding hands.”
How common is 牽?
牽 is the 1,677th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 95.7% of all running text.
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