This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: イン、ひ.く、ひ.き、ひ.き-、-び.き、ひ.ける
Romaji: in, hi.ku, hi.ki, hi.ki-, -bi.ki, hi.keru
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: いな、ひき、ひけ、びき
Romaji: ina, hiki, hike, biki
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Romaji

Meanings

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

Stroke Diagram

1234

Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  4
Radical Number:  57
Frequency:  218
Grade:  2
Skip Pattern:  1-3-1
Korean Reading:  in
Chinese Reading:  yin3
Unicode:  5f15
JIS:  307A

Indexes

Halpern Index: 181
Nelson Index: 1562
New Nelson Index: 1681
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3h1.1
Four Corner Index: 1220.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 77
Gakken Index: 238
Japanese Names Index: 144
Daikanwanjiten Index: 9699
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.0684
Remembering the kanji Index: 1232
Busy People Index: 3.2
Kanji Way Index: 263
Kanji Flashcards Index: 167
Kodansha Compact Index: 605
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 81
Kanji in Context Index: 257
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 133
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 160
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1240
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1318
Essential Kanji Index: 271
Kodansha Kanji Index: 207
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3554
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 156
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 87

Words

引き継ぐ (ひきつぐ)
to take over; to hand over
引き起こす (ひきおこす)
to cause; to induce; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
引き取る (ひきとる)
to take over; to take back; to collect; to claim; to take charge of; to take custody of; to look after; to take care of; to adopt; to retire to a private place; to withdraw; to get out
引き受ける (ひきうける)
to be responsible for; to take over; to take up; to guarantee; to undertake; to contract (a disease)
引き (ひき)
pull; patronage; influence; tug; discount
引く (ひく)
to pull; to draw (attention, etc.); to attract (interest, etc.); to draw back; to draw (a card); to draw (plan, line, etc.); to catch (cold); to play (string instr.); to look up (e.g. dictionary); to consult; to haul; to pull (vehicles); to subtract; to ebb; to fade; to descend (from); to inherit (a characteristic); to quote; to raise (as evidence); to lay (a cable); to draw (a cable)
引き続き (ひきつづき)
continuously; continually; without a break; next; then; after that
引き続く (ひきつづく)
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession
引き上げる (ひきあげる)
to pull up; to drag up; to lift up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to pull out; to retire; to promote (someone to a higher position); to return home; to expedite the schedule
引き (びき)
-off (price reduction)
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