牵
to lead along / to pull (an animal on a tether) / (bound form) to involve / to draw in
牵 character breakdown
"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 軍|军[jun1], 冠[guan1] etc, known as 禿寶蓋|秃宝盖[tu1 bao3 gai4] or 平寶蓋|平宝盖[ping2 bao3 gai4]
Mnemonic symbol: 冖 shall be represented by a saucepan lid. Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to use the bathroom in the space station (Ø4), but the door is broken! She tries to cover herself with a saucepan lid (冖) instead.
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
ox / cow / bull / CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2] / newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]) / (slang) awesome
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
Characters with 牵 as component
牵
is not used as a component in another character.
Words with 牵
Altair (star) / Cowherd of the folk tale Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女
lit. someone else stole the donkey; you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom) / fig. you're the least culpable, but you're the one who gets the blame
to sack the home and lead off the cattle (proverb) / to strip of everything
lit. to see whether it's a mule or a horse, take it out for a walk (idiom) / fig. the proof of the pudding is in the eating / to show what one is made of
lit. pull one hair and the whole body moves / fig. a slight change will affect everything else / the butterfly effect
Pharbitis, genus of herbaceous plants including Morning glory 牽牛|牵牛 (Pharbitis nil)
Sentences with 牵
牵 currently does not appear in any sentence.