Kanji: 引

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:	弓 Radical name: ゆみ
Meaning:	Pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 200 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	字引(じびき)	Dictionary
N5	引(ひ)く	to pull
N4	引(ひ)き出(だ)し	drawer, drawing out
N4	引(ひ)き出(だ)す	to withdraw
N4	引(ひ)っ越(こ)す	to move house
N3	引退(いんたい)	retire
N3	引用(いんよう)	quotation, citation
N3	引(ひ)っ張(ぱ)る	(1) to pull, to draw, to stretch, to drag, (2) to pull the ball (baseball)
N2	引力(いんりょく)	gravity
N2	強引(ごういん)	overbearing, coercive, pushy, forcible, high-handed
N2	索引(さくいん)	index, indices
N2	差(さ)し引(ひ)き	deduction, subtraction, balance, ebb and flow, rise and fall
N2	長引(ながび)く	to be prolonged, to drag on
N2	引受(ひきうけ)る	to undertake, to take up, to take over
N2	引返(ひきかえ)す	to repeat, to send back, to bring back
N2	引算(ひきざん)	subtraction
N2	引出(ひきだ)す	to pull out, to take out, to draw out, to withdraw
N2	引(ひ)き止(と)める	to detain, to check, to restrain
N2	引分(ひきわ)け	a draw (in competition), tie game
N2	引(ひ)っ掛(か)かる	to be caught in, to be stuck in, to be cheated
N2	引(ひ)っ繰(く)り返(かえ)す	to turn over, to overturn, to knock over, to upset, to turn inside out
N2	引(ひ)っ繰(く)り返(かえ)る	to be overturned, to be upset, to topple over, to be reversed
N2	引越(ひっこ)し	moving (dwelling etc.), changing residence
N2	引(ひ)っ込(こ)む	to draw back, to sink, to cave in
N2	割引(わりびき)	discount, reduction, rebate
N1	籤引(くじびき)	lottery, drawn lot
N1	差(さ)し引(ひ)く	to deduct
N1	手引(てび)き	guidance, guide, introduction
N1	取(と)り引(ひ)き	transactions, dealings, business
N1	値引(ねび)き	price reduction, discount
N1	引(ひ)き上(あ)げる	to withdraw, to leave, to pull out, to retire
N1	引(ひ)き受(う)ける	to undertake, to take up, to take over, to be responsible for, to guarantee, to contract (disease)
N1	引(ひ)き起(お)こす	to cause
N1	引(ひ)き下(さ)げる	to pull down, to lower, to reduce, to withdraw
N1	引(ひ)きずる	to seduce, to drag along, to pull, to prolong, to support
N1	引(ひ)き取(と)る	to take charge of, to take over, to retire to a private place
N1	引(ひ)き分(わ)け	a draw (in competition), tie game
N1	引(ひ)っ掻(か)く	to scratch
N1	引(ひ)っ掛(か)ける	1. to hang (something) on (something), to throw on (clothes), 2. to hook, to catch, to trap, to ensnar
N1	割引(わりび)き	discount, reduction, rebate, tenths discounted