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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 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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 牽
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*kʰiːn, *kʰiːns
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| 縴
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*kʰiːn
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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
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Jin
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Hui'an, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Zhangpu, General Taiwanese)
- (Hokkien: Hui'an)
Note:
- khan - vernacular;
- khian/khen - literary.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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牽
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qiān
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ khen ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ʰˁi/
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| English
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pull, lead, drag
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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牽
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| Reading #
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1/2
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| No.
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10175
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Phonetic
component
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牽
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Rime
group
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眞
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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牽
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰiːn/
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| Notes
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古簡象引牛而非玄聲
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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;......
- 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
Pronunciation 2
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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牽
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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10177
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Phonetic
component
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牽
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Rime
group
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眞
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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俔
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Old
Chinese
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/*kʰiːns/
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Definitions
牽
- † Alternative form of 縴／纤 (“tow rope”)
Pronunciation 3
Definitions
牽
- (Eastern Min) to clutch
Japanese
Kanji
牽
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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Readings
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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