牵
to lead along / to pull (an animal on a tether) / (bound form) to involve / to draw in
牵 character breakdown
"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]
Mnemonic symbol: 冖 shall be represented by a saucepan lid. Marilyn Monroe (mi-) wants to use the bathroom in the space station (Ø4), but the door is broken! She tries to cover herself with a saucepan lid (冖) instead.
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
Characters with 牵 as component
牵
is not used as a component in another character.
Words with 牵
to pull strings / to manipulate (a puppet) / to control from behind the scene / to mediate
to lead (an animal by the head) / to take the lead / to coordinate (a combined operation) / to mediate / a go-between (e.g. marriage broker)
pulling a lamb and bringing wine on a carrying pole (idiom); fig. to offer elaborate congratulations / to kill the fatted calf
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. (idiom)
sb who pulls strings to get things done / wirepuller / go-between / matchmaker
Sentences with 牵
牵 currently does not appear in any sentence.