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Keyword
tug
  • pull
  • drag
  • lead by hand
Strokes
11
Grade
9
Heisig
2607
Readings
ケン
ひ.く
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
牽けん引いん
traction; towing; hauling; pulling; drawing; driving (e.g. economic growth)
Noun
牽けん制せい
check; keeping in check; restraint; curbing; reining in; discouraging (from doing); containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; feint operation; show of force; …
Noun
牽けん強きょう付ふ会かい
strained (argument, interpretation, etc.); farfetched (theory, view, etc.); forced; laboured; twisted (reasoning)
No-adjective
牽けん牛ぎゅう
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
Noun