ChiramiN4 kanji · 4 strokes
引 means pull
引
弓 bow · 丨 the string
引Real origin
Pulling back the string (丨) of a bow (弓): to pull.
Real origin: where the kanji comes from, as far as scholars agree.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- pull, tug, jerk, admit
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 2 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) ひく hiku
ひく (hiku) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: ひける hikeru
From Chinese (onyomi) イン in
イン (in) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
引く ひく · hiku
to pull, to tug
Built from
- 弓 bow
- 丨 a line
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弓 Used in 16 kanji
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What does 引 mean?
Right: 引 means pull.Not quite: 引 means pull.In 引く, which reading does 引 use?
Right. 引く is read ひく (hiku): 引 takes ひ, its Japanese reading, with く after it.Not quite. 引く is read ひく (hiku): 引 takes ひ, its Japanese reading, with く after it.