引 (admit, install, jerk, pull, quote, refer to, tug) - Kanji Codex

引

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

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

イン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ひ.くひ.ける

Nanori (名乗り)

いなひきひけびき

Stroke Order

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Information

Grade:2

Strokes:4

JLPT:3

Frequency:218

Vocabulary

イン

Word	Reading	Meaning
引責	インセキ	taking responsibility
引退	インタイ	retirement
引用	インヨウ	quotation; citation; reference
引力	インリョク	attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism
強引	ゴウイン	overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
引き下げ	ひきさげ	reduction; cut
引き起こす	ひきおこす	to cause; to induce; to bring about; to provoke; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
引き継ぐ	ひきつぐ	to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to carry on (a tradition); to continue; to hand over
引き取る	ひきとる	to take into one's possession; to receive; to accept; to collect; to claim; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to adopt; to leave; to go away; to withdraw; to get out
引きずる	ひきずる	to drag; to trail; to pull along the ground; to lug; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out; to influence; to persuade; to entice; to lure

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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