Read Edit View history Discussion 牵 qiān HSK6 drag Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a person (人) leading an ox (牛) by the nose (自). 人 was later reanalyzed as 大. Pinyin Separate values with commas qiān × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 牽 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a person. Later reanalyzed as 大. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 牵 Simp strokes 牵 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 牵 Simp strokes 牵 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 牵 Simp strokes 牵 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 牵 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 291, 674 ], [ 328, 664 ], [ 351, 665 ], [ 688, 714 ], [ 738, 705 ] ], [ [ 475, 832 ], [ 505, 801 ], [ 505, 789 ], [ 491, 693 ], [ 467, 629 ], [ 425, 575 ], [ 359, 532 ], [ 323, 520 ] ], [ [ 530, 632 ], [ 614, 584 ], [ 640, 545 ] ], [ [ 234, 495 ], [ 243, 468 ], [ 239, 451 ], [ 192, 377 ], [ 182, 330 ] ], [ [ 271, 460 ], [ 279, 451 ], [ 295, 451 ], [ 492, 483 ], [ 747, 505 ], [ 783, 489 ], [ 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