Dong Chinese dictionary

qiān

to move

Depicts using hands (舁) to catch an animal by the horn (角) and make it move by force.

Components

舁 Iconic component

yú

to lift

Depicts four hands.

角 Iconic component

jiǎo, jué

horn

Depicts an animal's horn. Modern form looks like unrelated 囟.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 角 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

qiān

to move

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.180