A kanji
引
pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to
- 4 strokes
- Taught in grade 2 (kyōiku kanji)
- No. 218 of 2,500 in newspapers
On'yomi
イン
Kun'yomi
ひ.く、ひ.ける
A dot marks where the okurigana begin.
Stroke order
Stroke order is from KanjiVG, copyright Ulrich Apel, under CC BY-SA 3.0. A kanji is drawn only where KanjiVG and KANJIDIC2 count the same number of strokes.
Shapes inside it
The shapes EDRDG's KRADFILE lists 引 as containing. It is a lookup aid for finding a kanji by its parts: it says what the character contains, not where it comes from, and a shape need not be a kanji.
Written with 引 33 words
Grouped by JLPT level, easiest first, and oldest first within a level.
JLPT N5 · 2 words
JLPT N4 · 2 words
JLPT N3 · 4 words
JLPT N2 · 16 words
- 索引さくいんindex, indices
- 割引わりびきdiscount
- 引っ掛かるひっかかるto be caught in, to be stuck in
- 引力いんりょくgravity
- 引き出すひきだすto pull out, to take out, to withdraw
- 引き返すひきかえすto turn back, to go back, reverse
- 長引くながびくto be prolonged, to drag on
- 強引ごういんforcible, assertive, pushy
- 差し引きさしひきdeduction, balance
- 引受るひきうけるto undertake, to take up, to take over
- 引算ひきざんsubtraction
- 引き止めるひきとめるto keep back, to prevent, to hold back
- 引分けひきわけa draw (in competition), tie game
- 引っ繰り返すひっくりかえすto turn over, to overturn, to knock over
- 引っ繰り返るひっくりかえるto be overturned, to be upset, to topple over, to be reversed
- 引っ込むひっこむto draw back, to sink, to cave in
JLPT N1 · 9 words
- 値引きねびきprice reduction, discount
- 取引とりひきtransactions, dealings, business
- 手引てびきguidance, guide, introduction
- 引き上げるひきあげるto withdraw, to leave, to pull out
- 引き起こすひきおこすto cause
- 引下げるひきさげるto pull down, to lower, to reduce, to withdraw
- 引きずるひきずるto drag along, to pull, to prolong
- 引取るひきとるto take back; to adopt; to leave
- 引っ掻くひっかくto scratch
Some of these words show it as a part of their “Taken apart” row: see the words taken apart with 引.
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