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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N3

218 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to

Kunyomi: ひ.く, ひ.ける

Onyomi: イン

Composition: 弓 丨

引

Radical

Radical: 弓

Reading: ゆみへん

Meaning: bow

Strokes: 3

Reading: ゆみへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

引力(いんりょく)   gravity

強引な(ごういんな)   pushy

引用する(いんようする)   quote

引退する(いんたいする)   retire

引く(ひく)   pull

引き出し(ひきだし)   drawer

引っ越し(ひっこし)   moving (e.g. residence)

Onyomi Examples

引退 (インタイ) retirement

引責 (インセキ) taking responsibility

誘引 (ユウイン) enticement, inducement, attraction

吸引 (キュウイン) absorption, suction, aspiration, attraction, draw

Kunyomi Examples

引く (ひく) to pull, to tug, to lead (e.g. a horse), to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.), to attract (e.g. interest), to draw back (e.g. one's hand), to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.), to pull in, to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.), to draw (a line, plan, etc.), to catch (a cold), to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument), to look up (in a dictionary, phone book, etc.), to consult, to check, to haul, to pull (vehicles), to subtract, to deduct, to recede, to ebb, to fade, to be descend from, to inherit (a characteristic), to quote, to cite, to raise (as evidence), to lay on (electricity, gas, etc.), to install (e.g. a telephone), to supply (e.g. water), to hold (e.g. a note), to apply (e.g. lipstick), to oil (e.g. a pan), to wax (e.g. a floor), to move back, to draw back, to recede, to fall back, to retreat, to lessen, to subside, to ebb, to go down (e.g. of swelling), to resign, to retire, to quit, to be put off (by someone's words or behaviour), to be turned off, to recoil (in disgust, etc.), to cringe

引く手 (ひくて) admirer, inducer

引ける (ひける) to close, to be over, to break up (e.g. school), to lose one's nerve, to feel daunted

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