音読み: イン
訓読み: ひく・ひける
画数: 4
部首: 弓（ゆみへん）
Meaning
To pull / Draw / Attract
- Basic forms
- 引く — to pull; to draw / base form
- 引きます — (I) pull; (I) draw / masu form
- 引いた — pulled; drew / ta form
- 引いて — pull and …; please pull / te-form
- 引かない — don’t pull; don’t draw / negative form
- 引けば — if (someone) pulls; if you pull / conditional
- 引け・引きなさい — pull!; please pull / imperative
- Other common forms
- 引きたい — want to pull; want to draw / 〜たい form
- 引ける — can pull; be able to pull / potential
- 引けた — was able to pull / past potential
- 引けない — cannot pull; can’t bring oneself to pull / negative potential
- More
- 引こう — let’s pull; let’s draw / 〜よう form
- 引かなかった — didn’t pull; didn’t draw / past negative
- 引いている — is pulling; is drawing / progressive
引く（ひく） is a godan (5-dan) verb ending in く.
The stem shifts く → き → い in forms like 引く・引きます・引いて.
The stem shifts く → き → い in forms like 引く・引きます・引いて.
- 引力 — gravity / attraction
- 引越し — moving (house)
- 引用 — quotation / citation
- 引退 — retirement
- 強引 — pushy / forceful
引 combines the image of a bow (弓) with a hand pulling a string. It began as a pictograph of tension — pulling something taut.
Today, it extends far beyond physical pulling: it can describe drawing attention, attracting people, quoting text, or subtracting numbers.
ドアを引いてください。
Please pull the door.
彼は 人を引き付ける力があります。
He has the power to attract people.
引退 — retirement