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引

N3

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • pull
  • tug
  • jerk
  • admit
  • install
  • quote
  • refer to

On'yomi (音読み)

  • イン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • ひ.く
  • ひ.ける
Strokes
4
JLPT Level
N3
Frequency
#317
School Grade
Grade 2
Radical
弓#57 · bow

Components

Common Words

  • 引くひくGodanto pull, to tug, to lead (e.g. a horse)
  • 引責いんせきNountaking responsibility
  • 引退いんたいNounretirement
  • 引用いんようNounquotation, citation, reference
  • 引力いんりょくNounattraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation), affinity, gravitational pull
  • 引け目ひけめNounsense of inferiority, one's weak point
  • 引き時ひきどきNoun(good) time to quit, (right) time to withdraw, time to pull out, time to retire, time to leave
  • 引き金ひきがねNountrigger (of a gun, etc.)

Practice in Kanjiru

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