ひく

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Japanese

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For pronunciation and definitions of ひく – see the following entries.
引く
[verb] (transitive) pull (something toward oneself)
[verb] (transitive) pull (along); drag; drag along; bring along while going somewhere
[verb] (transitive) bring (people) in; bring together
[verb] (transitive) attract (someone's) attention
[verb] (transitive) pull out; stretch; spread (something over a surface or a distance)
[verb] (transitive) subtract; take away
[verb] (transitive) (of an illness) catch
[verb] (transitive) page through (a dictionary) to look up; look up
[verb] (intransitive) pull out; pull back; withdraw; retreat
[verb] (intransitive) to draw away from a person; to find someone repulsive; to be turned off
[conjunction] (mathematics) minus (subtraction)
退く
[verb] draw back, recede
[verb] lessen
[verb] retire
Alternative spelling
引く
弾く
[verb] play (a stringed or keyboard musical instrument)
轢く
[verb] to run over (with a vehicle)
挽く
[verb] to saw; to grind (e.g. coffee beans); to mill
(This term, ひく (hiku), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ひく, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ひく.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 碾く, 惹く.)