pull / discount
N3- Onyomi
- イン
- Kunyomi
- ひ(く)
- Stroke count
- 4
- JLPT
- N3
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 引 down and you get 弓 (bow / arc) — a bow bent and ready to spring back, and beside it 丨 (vertical line) — a single upright stroke through the middle. Picture a bow bent as its string is drawn back into one straight taut line, put 引 inside it, and let that scene stand for "pull" — pull / discount. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 4
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は4画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 4 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
強引
gouin
forcible
引く
hiku
to pull
引用
in'you
quotation
取引先
torihikisaki
business partner
強引な
gouinna
attributive: forcible (before a noun)
引いて
hiite
pull — te-form
Example sentences (5)
来月、会社の近くに引っ越しします。
らいげつ、かいしゃ の ちかく に ひっこし します。
raigetsu, kaisha no chikaku ni hikkoshi shimasu.
Next month I am moving near the office.
引っ越しの前に、市役所で手続きをしておきます。
ひっこし の まえ に、しやくしょ で てつづき を して おきます。
hikkoshi no mae ni, shiyakusho de tetsuzuki o shite okimasu.
Before moving, I will take care of the paperwork at the city hall.
このドアは引いて開けてください。
この どあ は ひいて あけて ください。
kono doa wa hiite akete kudasai.
Please pull this door to open it.
分からない言葉は、辞書を引いて調べます。
わからない ことば は、じしょ を ひいて しらべます。
wakaranai kotoba wa, jisho o hiite shirabemasu.
I look up words I do not know in the dictionary.
はさみは机の引き出しにあります。
はさみ は つくえ の ひきだし に あります。
hasami wa tsukue no hikidashi ni arimasu.
The scissors are in the desk drawer.