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引

引

Translingual

Han character

引 (radical 57 弓+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 弓中 (NL), four-corner 12200, composition ⿰弓丨)

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 356, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9699
  • Dae Jaweon: page 672, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 988, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5F15

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 引

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 引
Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (引) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
紖 *l'inʔ
矧 *hlinʔ
訠 *hlinʔ
弞 *hlinʔ, *linʔ
引 *linʔ, *lins
蚓 *linʔ
鈏 *linʔ, *lins
靷 *linʔ, *lins

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 引 引
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 以 (36) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 眞 (43) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 余忍切 羊晉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /jiɪnX/ /jiɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /jinX/ /jinH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /jenX/ /jenH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /jinX/ /jinH/
Li
Rong		 /iĕnX/ /iĕnH/
Wang
Li		 /jĭĕnX/ /jĭĕnH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯ĕnX/ /i̯ĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yǐn yìn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 引 引
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yǐn yǐn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ yinX › ‹ yinH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*li[n]ʔ/ /*li[n]ʔ-s/
English draw the bow draw the bow

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 引 引
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 15306 15312
Phonetic
component		 引 引
Rime
group		 眞 眞
Rime
subdivision		 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 引 𦙍
Old
Chinese		 /*linʔ/ /*lins/

Definitions

引

  1. to pull, draw out, attract
  2. to stretch
  3. to lead
  4. to induce
  5. to recommend
  6. to reference, to quote
  7. to leave
  8. (music) prelude

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

引

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. pull
  2. tug
  3. admit

Readings

Compounds

Antonyms

  • 押 ‎(“push”)

Derived terms

  • 引 (ひ)く ‎(hiku)
  • 引 (ひ)っ掻 (か)く ‎(hikkaku)

Korean

Hanja

引 • ‎(in)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 인 (revised: in, McCune-Reischauer: in, Yale: in)
  • Name (hangeul): 끌()
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Vietnamese

Han character

引 (dẫn, dợn, giỡn, dận, giận)

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