pull, tug, drag, lead by hand
牽 centers on applying force to move something along: pulling, tugging, dragging, or leading by hand.
牽 combines 牛 (cow) with an upper element that originally represented a rope or halter, suggesting leading an animal by pulling. The modern upper shape is simplified and its exact historical development is uncertain.
The bottom is 牛 (cow), and the top looks like a rope or halter. Imagine a farmer pulling a stubborn cow by a rope: 牽 means pull, tug, or lead by hand.
For ケン, picture a strong man named Ken pulling a cow with a rope: Ken -> ケン, and he tugs the cow forward.
traction; towing; hauling; pulling; drawing
check; keeping in check; restraint; curbing; reining in; discouraging (from doing)
diversionary operations
pickoff throw; pickoff attempt
pulling power
leading force; driving force; leader
traction therapy
tractor; towing vehicle
distortion of facts
strained (argument, interpretation, etc.); farfetched (theory, view, etc.); forced; laboured; twisted (reasoning)
restraint; being exclusively absorbed in something
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
morning glory seeds (medicinal use)
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
related to
implicated offense (where the means or result constitutes a separate offense); connected offense