牽

See also: 牵

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)

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

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Chinese

trad.		牽
simp.		牵

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (牽) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
牽	*kʰiːn, *kʰiːns
縴	*kʰiːn

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiān (qian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hin¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khiên / khiân

  (Meixian, Guangdong): kian¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khan / khian

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cian
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹
    • Yale: chyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chian
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hin¹
    • Yale: hīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: hin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hiːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: kien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯en²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiân
    • Hakka Romanization System: kian´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi̯an²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰian⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khan / khian
    • Tâi-lô: khan / khian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qafn, qiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰan⁴⁴/, /kʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰan³³/, /kʰiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰan⁴⁴/, /kʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰan⁴⁴/, /kʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰan⁴⁴/, /kʰiɛn⁴⁴/

Note:

• khan - vernacular;
• khian - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: kang¹
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khang
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰaŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: khen

Rime
Character	牽
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦堅切
Baxter	khen
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰen/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰen/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛn/
Li Rong	/kʰen/
Wang Li	/kʰien/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰien/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʰˤi[n]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰiːn/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	牽
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiān
Middle Chinese	‹ khen ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʰˁi[n]/
English	pull, lead, drag
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	牽
Reading #	1/2
No.	10175
Phonetic component	牽
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	牽
Old Chinese	/*kʰiːn/
Notes	古簡象引牛而非玄聲

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 牽

1. 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

2. to involve; to drag in
3. to think about (someone); to be concerned about
4. to hold up; to hinder; to drag (someone)
5. a surname

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiàn (qian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien⁴
    • Yale: chyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiann
    • Palladius: цянь (cjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: khenH

Rime
Character	牽
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	先 (85)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦甸切
Baxter	khenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰenH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰenH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛnH/
Li Rong	/kʰenH/
Wang Li	/kʰienH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰienH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hin3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰiːns/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	牽
Reading #	2/2
No.	10177
Phonetic component	牽
Rime group	眞
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	俔
Old Chinese	/*kʰiːns/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 牽

1. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 縴／纤 (qiàn, “tow rope”).

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

牽

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: けん (ken)
• Kan-on: けん (ken)
• Kun: ひく (hiku, 牽く)

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Korean

Hanja

牽 • (gyeon) (hangeul 견, revised gyeon, McCune–Reischauer kyŏn, Yale kyen)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 牽 (khiên, khin)

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