Readings

Kana: ケン、ひ.く
Romaji: ken, hi.ku
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

pull, tug, drag, lead by hand

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  8
Frequency: 
Grade:  9
Skip Pattern:  2-2-9
Korean Reading:  gyeon
Chinese Reading:  qian1
Unicode:  727d
JIS:  3823

Indexes

Nelson Index: 320
New Nelson Index: 3544
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2j9.3
Four Corner Index: 0050.3
Japanese Names Index: 2028
Daikanwanjiten Index: 20025
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 7.0649
Remembering the kanji Index: 2550
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1816
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2607
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2621

Words

牽引 (けんいん)
traction; towing; hauling; pulling; drawing; driving (economic growth, etc.)
一頭引き (いっとうびき)
one-horse (carriage)
牽引車 (けんいんしゃ)
tractor; towing vehicle; driving force; leading role
牽引療法 (けんいんりょうほう)
traction therapy
牽牛星 (けんぎゅうせい)
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
牽制 (けんせい)
check; restraint; constraint; diversion; feint; screen
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)
牽引役 (けんいんやく)
leading force; driving force; leader
牽引力 (けんいんりょく)
pulling power
牽強 (けんきょう)
distortion of facts
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