The kanji 引: meaning, readings and stroke order

引

Meaning: pull, subtract
On reading: イン in
Kun reading: ひ（く） hiku、ひ（ける） hikeru
Strokes: 4
Radical: 弓 bow
Level: Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: kéo, trừ đi (dẫn)
Japanese: ひく。
Korean: 당기다, 빼다 (인)
Chinese: 拉、减

Readings, words and example sentences

イン in · on reading

引いん力りょく
pull, gravity
引いん力りょくの話を教わりました。
We learned about gravity.

ひ（く） hiku · kun reading

引ひく
to take away, to pull
五から三を 引ひきます。
Take three away from five.

ひ（ける） hikeru · kun reading · less common

引ひける
to feel awkward, to hesitate
少し気が 引ひけます。
I feel a little bad about it.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.