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 <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 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 character 牵 (9 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 牽 (11 strokes), replacing the full-form component 玄 (5 strokes) with 大 (3 strokes).
-	In the simple form 牵, the full-form component 玄 is abbrev. to 大.
+	The Shuōwén Seal form of 牵/牽(􀌤) qiān ‘lead (an animal) along (by rope)’ combines 冖(􁒧𠘨) mì ‘halter/rope/reins’ (縻 mí), 牛(􀌈) niú ‘ox’, and 玄(􀫅) xuán (phonosemantic).
-	“Pull, haul; lead; implicate, connect — a 冂 yoked 牛 ox signific and 玄 phonetic” —Karlgren.
+	Note: In a variant form 牽󰀁 the lower component is 牟 (哞) mù ‘moo (of an ox/cow)’.
+	“[牽] Pull, haul; lead; implicate, connect — a 冂 yoked 牛 ox signific and 玄 phonetic” —Karlgren(AD).
+	Compare: 辔/轡/𦆕(􂔔) pèi ‘reins/bridle (of a horse)’; 疐(􀫄𤴡) zhì ‘hindered/dilemma’.
 	Compare: 牢(􀌦𡘠) láo ‘pen/stable; prison’; 舝(􀺻) xiá ‘linchpin’.
 #rK.AD383 D.3.1806.15 B.111.1.05 E.0