引

Translingual

Han character

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

1. to pull, draw out, attract
2. to stretch

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

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Chinese

		-
simp. and trad.		引

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐn (yin³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): ín

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣˇ
    • Wade-Giles: yin³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiin
    • IPA ^(key): /in²¹⁴/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁵
    • Yale: yáhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /jɐn¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ín
    • Tâi-lô: ín
    • IPA (Taipei): /in⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /in⁵³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (引, reconstructed)
Character (引), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 以 (36) Final: 眞 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 余忍切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/jiɪnX/	/i̯ĕnX/	/iĕnX/	/jinX/	/jinX/	/jĭĕnX/	/jenX/
Character (引), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 以 (36) Final: 眞 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 羊晉切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/jiɪnH/	/i̯ĕnH/	/iĕnH/	/jinH/	/jinH/	/jĭĕnH/	/jenH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (引, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
引								yǐn								‹ yinX ›								/*li[n]ʔ/								draw the bow
引								yǐn								‹ yinH ›								/*li[n]ʔ-s/								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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
引					15306					引					眞					1					引					/*linʔ/
引					15312					引					眞					1					𦙍					/*lins/

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

引

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. pull
2. tug
3. admit

Readings

• Goon: いん (in)
• Kan’on: いん (in)
• Kun: ひく (hiku)

Compounds

引見 (いんけん, inken) 引水 (いんすい, insui) 引責 (いんせき, inseki) 引導 (いんどう, indō) 引退 (いんたい, intai) 引用 (いんよう, in'yō) 引力 (いんりょく, inryoku)

延引 (えんいん, en'in) 我田引水 (がでんいんすい, gaden'insui) 吸引 (きゅういん, kyūin) 牽引 (けんいん, ken'in) 拘引 (こういん, kōin) 勾引 (こういん, kōin)

強引 (ごういん, gōin) 索引 (さくいん, sakuin) 承引 (しょういん, shōin) 導引 (どういん, dōin) 誘引 (ゆういん, yūin) 割引 (わりびき, waribiki)

Antonyms

• 押 (“push”)

Derived terms

• 引く (ひく, hiku)
• 引っ掻く (ひっかく, hikkaku)

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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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