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: エイ、ひ.く
Romaji: ei, hi.ku
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: ひき、びき
Romaji: hiki, biki
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

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

Stroke Diagram

123456

Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  2
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  4-6-4
Korean Reading:  ye
Chinese Reading:  yi4
Unicode:  66f3
JIS:  3148

Indexes

Nelson Index: 100
New Nelson Index: 2417
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a6.23
Four Corner Index: 5000.6
Daikanwanjiten Index: 14282
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0961
Remembering the kanji Index: 2848
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2961
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2863
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4348

Words

曳航 (えいこう)
towing (a ship)
曳山 (ひきやま)
festival float
綱引き (つなひき)
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
棚引く (たなびく)
to linger; to hover above; to trail; to hang over; to lie over
地引き網 (じびきあみ)
beach seine; long-haul seine; dragnet
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)
曳船 (えいせん、ひきふね、ひきぶね)
tugboat; towing; towage
逢引 (あいびき)
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous
地引き (じびき)
seine fishing; seining; seine; seine net
底引き網 (そこびきあみ)
trawl (net)
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