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Godan-ku verb, transitive verb
1.
to pull, to tug, to lead (e.g. a horse)
2.
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.), to attract (e.g. interest)
3.
to draw back (e.g. one's hand), to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.), to pull in
4.
to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
5.
to draw (a line, plan, etc.)
6.
to catch (a cold)
7.
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
8.
to look up (in a dictionary, phone book, etc.), to consult, to check
9.
to haul, to pull (vehicles)(esp. 牽く)
10.
to subtract, to deduct
11.
to recede, to ebb, to fade
12.
to be descend from, to inherit (a characteristic)
13.
to quote, to cite, to raise (as evidence)
14.
to lay on (electricity, gas, etc.), to install (e.g. a telephone), to supply (e.g. water)
15.
to hold (e.g. a note)
16.
to apply (e.g. lipstick), to oil (e.g. a pan), to wax (e.g. a floor)
Godan-ku verb, intransitive verb
17.
to move back, to draw back, to recede
18.
to lessen, to subside, to ebb
19.
to resign, to retire, to quit
Other readings:
曳く【ひく】
牽く【ひく】

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
traction, towing, hauling, pulling, drawing
2.
driving (e.g. economic growth)
Other readings:
けん引【けんいん】

noun
1.
tractor, towing vehicle
2.
driving force, leading role

noun
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila), Alpha Aquilae(abbreviation, astronomy term)
See also:牽牛星

noun
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila), Alpha Aquilae(astronomy term)

noun, auxillary suru verb
distortion of facts

no-adjective, noun, auxillary suru verb
farfetched (argument, opinion), forced (sense, view), strained (interpretation), distorted(yojijukugo)

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
check, keeping in check, restraint, curbing, reining in, discouraging (from doing)
2.
containment (of enemy forces), diversionary action, feint operation, show of force
3.
pickoff throw, holding a runner on base(baseball term)
See also:牽制球
Other readings:
けん制【けんせい】

noun
pickoff attempt, throw to check a runner(baseball term)
Other readings:
けん制球【けんせいきゅう】
けんせい球【けんせいきゅう】

noun
restraint, being exclusively absorbed in something

noun, auxillary suru verb
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Kanji results(showing 1 results)


Written with 11 strokes
Jinmeiyou Kanji (used in names)
Common kanji
pull, tug, drag, lead by hand
KUN:
  • ひ.く
    hi.ku
ON:
  • ケン
    ken