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qiān HSK6

drag

approved by Prismcool · Dec 25, 2025, 12:17 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Dec 25, 2025, 12:17 AM

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Depicts a person (人) leading an ox (牛) by the nose (自). The 人 and 自 components were later corrupted into phonetic 玄.

Components

玄 Sound component

自 Iconic component

Depicts a nose.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 自 than it was in ancient scripts.

牛 Iconic component

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	khen	[k]ʰˤi[n]	pull, lead, drag

《說文》：“牽，引前也。从牛，象引牛之縻也，玄聲。”