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-<WL>牵(F牽) [qiān] lead along (by hand, halter, etc.); 牵牛下地@@  [qiàn] 縴
+<WL>牵(F牽) [qiān] 牵引 tow/draw, lead along; 牵头 take the lead; 牵扯 involve/implicate; 羁牵 restrain/bind@@  [qiàn] cf. 牽
-The full form 牽 is 玄 xuán crossed by 冖, over 牛 (niú) ‘ox’.
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 牽(􀌤) qiān ‘lead (an animal) along’ combines 冖 for the ‘reins/halter’ (縻) over 牛 niú ‘ox’, with 玄 xuán (phonetic); a variant form 牽󰀁 has 牟 (哞) mù ‘moo (of a cow)’ below; the simple form 牵 abbreviates 玄 to 大.
 	“Pull, haul; lead; implicate, connect — a 冂 yoked 牛 ox signific and 玄 phonetic” —Karlgren.
-	The simple form 牵 is 大 over 冖 over 牛.
+	Compare: 牢(􀌦𡘠) láo ‘pen/stable; prison’.
-	Don’t confuse with 牢 láo ‘prison’.
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