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牽 means 'pull'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 2345   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-4    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 16 words   Used in 16 words   Used in 6 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Common readings
On
   ケン
Kun
   ひく to pull, tug, jerk
Variants
牵 (Chinese)  
Components
⿱  ⿻  玄 mystery  冖 cover; covered  牛 cow  
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Most useful words by reading
牽 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 牽 is used 16 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ケン : 14 words FIND ALL
け ん い ん 0
1. traction; towing; hauling; pulling; drawing
2. driving (economic growth, etc.)
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ひく : 1 word FIND ALL
ひ く 0
Most common form: 引く
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
1. to pull
2. to draw (attention, etc.); to attract (interest, etc.)  (see also: 注意を引く)
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ひく (read as び) : 1 word FIND ALL
Most common form: 一頭引き
noun
one-horse (carriage)
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An additional ケン less common words include 牽 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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牽
ケン   ひく to pull, tug, jerk   
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牛
ギュウ   うし cow   
冖
cover; covered   
玄
ゲン    mystery, dark   
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幺
short, tiny   
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糸
シ   いと thread   
亠
lid
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