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牽 = 亠 + 冖 + 幺 + 牛

牽 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “tug”. It is built from 亠 (lid), 冖 (cover), 幺 (cocoon) and 牛 (cow). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2607.

Keyword
tug
RTK frame
2607
Strokes
11
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ケン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
ひ.く
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
pull, буксир
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
牽 drag

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 亠 lid
  2. 冖 cover
  3. 幺 cocoon
  4. 牛 cow

How to find 牽 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “lid” + “cover” + “cocoon”. 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.