I Love Kanji弾く (hiku)
弾く (ひく, hiku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ひく
- Romaji
- hiku
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument) · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 弾く
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 弾く | ひく hiku |
| Polite (~masu) | 弾きます | ひきます hikimasu |
| Negative | 弾かない | ひかない hikanai |
| Polite negative | 弾きません | ひきません hikimasen |
| Past | 弾いた | ひいた hiita |
| Polite past | 弾きました | ひきました hikimashita |
| Negative past | 弾かなかった | ひかなかった hikanakatta |
| Te-form | 弾いて | ひいて hiite |
| Potential | 弾ける | ひける hikeru |
| Passive | 弾かれる | ひかれる hikareru |
| Causative | 弾かせる | ひかせる hikaseru |
| Volitional | 弾こう | ひこう hikou |
| Imperative | 弾け | ひけ hike |
| Conditional (~ba) | 弾けば | ひけば hikeba |
Kanji in 弾く
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 弾く.
Source: JMdict entry 1419370 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.