U+727D "牽" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
牽
U+727D "牽" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that primarily means "to lead," "to pull," or "to involve," and it is composed of the radical for "cow" or "ox" above a component suggesting a rope or tether. This character appears in various East Asian languages, including Japanese and Korean, where it carries similar meanings related to drawing or dragging something, often conveying a sense of connection or obligation. In historical and modern usage, "牽" is found in words like "牽引" meaning "traction" or "tow," and "牽強" meaning "forced" or "strained," illustrating its role in describing both physical actions and abstract relationships.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+727D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 牽 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 牽 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE7 0x89 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x727D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000727D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u727d |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | B26F |
| kCCCII | 214A5A |
| kCNS1986 | 1-5B74 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-5B74 |
| kCangjie | YVBQ |
| kCantonese | hin1 |
| kCihaiT | 871.303 |
| kCowles | 1057 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1114.110 |
| kDefinition | drag, pull, lead by hand |
| kEACC | 214A5A |
| kFanqie | 苦堅 苦甸 |
| kFenn | 878D |
| kFennIndex | 63.09 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0050.3 |
| kGB1 | 3903 |
| kGradeLevel | 3 |
| kGSR | 0366k |
| kHangul | 견:0E |
| kHanYu | 31811.110 |
| kHanyuPinlu | qiān(97) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 31811.110:qiān,qiàn |
| kHKGlyph | 2481 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1114.110 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 31811.110 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0701.020 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-4723 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-B26F |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3823 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-CEF4 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-4C32 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-5B74 |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-8D70 |
| kJapanese | ケン ひく |
| kJinmeiyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kJapaneseKun | HIKU |
| kJapaneseOn | KEN |
| kJis0 | 2403 |
| kKangXi | 0701.020 |
| kKarlgren | 169 |
| kKorean | KYEN |
| kLau | 1174 |
| kMandarin | qiān |
| kMatthews | 881 |
| kMeyerWempe | 717 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ016838 MJ016837:E0101 MJ016838:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 20025:E0101 |
| kNelson | 0320 |
| kPhonetic | 468 1623 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1879+93.4.7 |
| kRSUnicode | 93.7 |
| kSBGY | 135.12 408.02 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "牵" U+7275 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 412.12 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | qiān粵hin1 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 3677 |
| kTang | *ken kèn |
| kTotalStrokes | 11 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kXerox | 251:342 |
| kXHC1983 | 0907.101:qiān |