牽

11 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

pull, tug, drag, lead by hand

Kun'yomi
  • ひく
    		to pull ②to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.) ③to move back ④to lessen
On'yomi
  • ケン

Main Radical

牛(KanXi) 亠(Nelson)

Reading Commonality

ケン 100.0%

Character Breakdown

pull, tug, drag
ケン　ひ.く (Kentei Pre-1)
mysterious, occultness, black
ゲン　けん　くろ (7th, N1)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ　ちいさい (Kentei 1)
cow
うし　ギュウ　ご (2nd, N4)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
dry, parch, ebb
ひ.る　カン　ほ.す (6th, N2)

Common Words

けん
牽
せい
制
check ②containment (of enemy forces) ③pickoff throw
けん
牽
いん
引
traction ②driving (e.g. economic growth)
けん
牽
れん
連
related to
けん
牽
せい
制
きゅう
球
pickoff throw
けん
牽
いん
引
りょく
力
pulling power
けん
牽
きょう
強
distortion of facts
けん
牽
いん
引
しゃ
車
tractor ②driving force
けん
牽
きょう
強
ふ
付
かい
会
strained (argument, interpretation, etc.)
けん
牽
そく
束
restraint
けん
牽
いん
引
りょう
療
ほう
法
traction therapy
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References

Unicode hex code 727D
JIS X 0208 1-24-3
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 320
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3544
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2621
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1816
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2550
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2607
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2028
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 20025
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2j9.3
Four corner code 0050.3