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牽 = 亠 + 幺 + 冖 + 牛

牽 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “drag”. It is built from 亠 (head), 幺 (one), 冖 (cover) and 牛 (cow). It appears as a component in 3 other characters in this index.

Keyword
drag
Pinyin (Mandarin)
qiān
Script
Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as
drag, pull, lead by hand, вести рукой, тянуть, pull, lead by hand
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
牽 tug

Decomposition

ids

  1. 亠 head
  2. 幺 one
  3. 冖 cover
  4. 牛 cow

Characters that contain 牽

How to find 牽 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “head” + “one” + “cover”. 牽 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 牽 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.