引き

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
引
ひ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Nominalization of 引(ひ)く (hiku)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひき [hìkí] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) ひき​ [hìkíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [çi̥kʲi]

Noun

引(ひ)き • (hiki) 

1. pull, patronage
2. (fishing) pulling force

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
引
ひ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
引っ 引ん

Prefix

引(ひ)き • (hiki-) 

1. used in compound verbs, as an intensifier

   ‎引き + ‎続く (tsuzuku) → ‎引き続く (hikitsuzuku)

   ‎引き + ‎出す (dasu) → ‎引き出す (hikidasu)

   ‎引き + ‎起こす (okosu) → ‎引き起こす (hikiokosu)

   ‎引き + ‎受ける (ukeru) → ‎引き受ける (hikiukeru)

   ‎引き + ‎寄せる (yoseru) → ‎引き寄せる (hikiyoseru)

Usage notes

Common variants include 引(ひ)っ (hi') and 引(ひ)ん (hin), such as 引(ひ)っ越(こ)す (hikkosu), 引(ひ)ん抜(ぬ)く (hinnuku)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
引
ひ > び Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Suffix

引(び)き • (-biki) 

1. discount off a price

   ２割(にわり)引(び)き

   niwaribiki

   20% off