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N4 · 4 strokes · — · Irodori #65 · Starter L15
引
admit, install, jerk, pull, quote, refer to, tug
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Readings
- On’yomi
- イン
- Kun’yomi
- ひ・く、ひ・ける
Example words
引き出し
ひきだし
drawer
引く/引
ひく
to pull
~%引 (10%引)
~パーセントびき (じゅっパーセントびき)
~ % off (e.g. 10% off)
~円引 (50円引)
~えんびき (ごじゅうえんびき)
~ yen off (e.g. 50 yen off)
~割引 (二割引き)
~わりびき (にわりびき)
~ × 10% off (e.g. 20% off)
Memory aids
Guided learn session →How to remember
Shape
A bow (弓) with an arrow pulled back (|) — to pull.
Components
Remember "pull, draw" (引) by connecting it to its Irodori vocabulary context.
Anchor word
引く (ひく) — your first meeting with this kanji in Irodori.
Readings
First learned in 引く (ひく) — recall the word to unlock the reading. Kun'yomi: ひ・く、ひ・ける — often used in native Japanese words (like 引く). On'yomi: イン — common in compound words (熟語).