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引

to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters

4 strokes Dict coverage rank #624 U+5F15

How 引 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

To pull back a bow's 弓 drawstring 丨

components: 弓 丨

How to remember it

draw · Heisig RSH #1014

弓 bow + walking stick

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Characters built with 引 as their sound component

These characters all use 引 (yǐn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:

CharacterPinyinMeaning
引 sound component yǐn to pull, to stretch; to draw; to attract
蚓 yǐn earthworm (2)

Words containing 引

WordPinyinMeaning
地心引力 dì xīn yǐn lì Earth's gravity
引而不发 yǐn ér bù fā to pull the bow without shooting (idiom from Mencius); ready and waiting for action; to go…
万有引力 wàn yǒu yǐn lì (physics) universal gravitation
引水工程 yǐn shuǐ gōng chéng water-induction engineering; irrigation engineering
引力场 yǐn lì chǎng gravitational field
引火线 yǐn huǒ xiàn fuse (for explosives); (fig.) proximate cause; the last straw
引力波 yǐn lì bō gravitational wave
引体向上 yǐn tǐ xiàng shàng chin-up (physical exercise)
引子 yǐn zi introduction; primer; opening words
引鬼上门 yǐn guǐ shàng mén lit. to invite the devil to one's house (idiom); fig. to introduce a potential source of t…
引水 yǐn shuǐ to pilot a ship; to channel water; to draw water (for irrigation)
市引 shì yǐn unit of distance equal to 33⅓ meters
公引 gōng yǐn hectometer
引发 yǐn fā to lead to; to trigger; to initiate; to cause; to evoke (emotions)
引力 yǐn lì gravitation (force); attraction
引文 yǐn wén quotation; citation
引出 yǐn chū to extract; to draw out
单引号 dān yǐn hào single quotes
引开 yǐn kāi to lure away; to divert
引理 yǐn lǐ (math.) lemma