Chinese Character 牽 Meanings and components.

Form

牽

Meaning

牽 meaning[3] in English

To Lead Along.

To Pull (An Animal On A Tether).

(Bound Form) To Involve.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 牽 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are black (玄) , 'cover' radical in … (冖) , and surname Niu (牛)

Its radical[1] is: 牛 (niu2) which means: Surname Niu, .牛niu2surname Niu

In cangjie it is written with YVBQ

How to write 牽

To write牽qian1to lead … you should write a combination of 玄xuan2black 冖mi4'cover' radical … , 牛niu2surname Niu arranged in a 吕 shape:

玄 + 冖 + 牛 = 牽

牽 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 牽 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 牽, looks as follow:

牽
Pinyin:qian1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Lead Along . To Pull (An Animal On A Tether) . (Bound Form) To Involve . To Draw In
玄
Pinyin:xuan2
Meaning[3]: Black . Mysterious
亠
Pinyin:tou2
Meaning[3]: 'Lid' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 8)
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao
冖
Pinyin:mi4
Meaning[3]: '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]
牛
Pinyin:niu2
Meaning[3]: Surname Niu

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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