引 – pull, tug, jerk

4 strokesTaught in grade 2#218 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 引 means pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is イン (in); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ひ.く、ひ.ける (hiku, hikeru). It is written with 4 strokes, under radical 弓 (no. 57).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	イン	in
Kun’yomi	ひ.く	hiku
Kun’yomi	ひ.ける	hikeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 弓 (Kangxi radical 57). Components: ｜・弓.

Words using 引

字引じびきdictionary引くひくto pull引っ越すひっこすto move (house)引き出しひきだしdrawer引退いんたいretirement引用いんようquotation引越しひっこしmoving (dwelling, office, etc.)引っ張るひっぱるto pull引力いんりょくattraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation)強引ごういんoverbearing索引さくいんindex (in a book)引算ひきざんsubtraction割引わりびきdiscount長引くながびくto be prolonged引受るひきうけるto take on引分けひきわけdraw (in competition)差し引きさしひきdeduction引き返すひきかえすto turn back引き出すひきだすto pull out引き分けひきわけdraw (in competition)引っ越しひっこしmoving (dwelling, office, etc.)引っ込むひっこむto draw back引き止めるひきとめるto detain引っ掛かるひっかかるto be caught in

Example sentences

カーテンがゆっくり引かれた。

The curtains were drawn slowly.

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あんな本みたらフツーの女は引くもんな！

Obviously a normal woman would lose interest if she saw a book like that!

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あなたの引いたカードは赤のマークですね。

The card you drew was a red, wasn't it?

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Kanji with the same radical

強張弾弱弟弓弧弛

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