引く

Meanings

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.)

Part of speech: godan verb (く), transitive, intransitive

Kanji

• 引

  Meanings

  pull, tug, jerk, admit

  On reading

  イン

  Kun reading

  ひ.く、ひ.ける

  Strokes

  4

Example sentences

• カーテンがゆっくり引かれた。

  The curtains were drawn slowly.

  Tatoeba #226492 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• あんな本みたらフツーの女は引くもんな！

  Obviously a normal woman would lose interest if she saw a book like that!

  Tatoeba #76875 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• あなたの引いたカードは赤のマークですね。

  The card you drew was a red, wasn't it?

  Tatoeba #74696 · CC BY 2.0 FR