# 引く
## Japanese

* Kanji in this term
* 引
* ひ Grade: 2
* kun'yomi

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ひく [hìkú] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [çi̥kɯ̟]
* Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「引く」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary :
| Stem forms ||||
| Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形) | 引く | ひく | [hìkú] |
| Imperative (命令形) | 引け | ひけ | [hìké] |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 引かれる | ひかれる | [hìkárérú] |
| Causative | 引かせる | ひかせる | [hìkásérú] |
| Potential | 引ける | ひける | [hìkérú] |
| Volitional | 引こう | ひこー | [hìkóꜜò] |
| Negative | 引かない | ひかない | [hìkánáí] |
| Negative perfective | 引かなかった | ひかなかった | [hìkánáꜜkàttà] |
| Formal | 引きます | ひきます | [hìkímáꜜsù] |
| Perfective | 引いた | ひいた | [hìítá] |
| Conjunctive | 引いて | ひいて | [hìíté] |
| Hypothetical conditional | 引けば | ひけば | [hìkéꜜbà] |

### Verb

引(ひ)く • (hiku) transitive or intransitive godan (stem 引(ひ)き (hiki), past 引(ひ)いた (hiita))
Japanese verb pair :
| active | 引く |
| mediopassive | 引ける |
* (transitive) pull (something toward oneself)
* (transitive) pull (along); drag; drag along; bring along while going somewhere
* (transitive) bring (people) in; bring together
* (transitive) attract (someone's) attention
* (transitive) pull out; stretch; spread (something over a surface or a distance)
    線(せん)を引(ひ)く
       sen o hiku
       to draw a line
* (transitive) subtract; take away
    ６(ろく)から４(よん)を引(ひ)くと２(に)になる。
       Roku kara yon o hiku to ni ni naru.
       Subtract 4 from 6 and you get 2.
* (transitive) (of an illness) catch
    風(か)邪(ぜ)を引(ひ)いちゃった。
       Kaze o hiichatta.
       I caught a cold.
* (transitive) page through (a dictionary) to look up; look up
    知(し)らない単(たん)語(ご)は辞(じ)書(しょ)を引(ひ)いてください。
       Shiranai tango wa jisho o hīte kudasai.
       Please look up words you don't know in a dictionary.
* (intransitive) pull out; pull back; withdraw; retreat
    痛(いた)みが引(ひ)く
       itami ga hiku
       pain withdraws
* (intransitive) to draw away from a person; to find someone repulsive; to be turned off
    Synonym: なえる (naeru)
    あいつみたいな人(ひと)は引(ひ)くわ。
       Aitsu mitai na hito wa hiku wa.
       I'd totally stay far away from that kind of person.
    好(す)きな人(ひと)に引(ひ)かれた
       suki na hito ni hikareta
       got avoided by my crush

#### Conjugation

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") :
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 引か | ひか | hika |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 引き | ひき | hiki |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 引く | ひく | hiku |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 引く | ひく | hiku |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 引け | ひけ | hike |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 引け | ひけ | hike |
| Key constructions ||||
| Passive | 引かれる | ひかれる | hikareru |
| Causative | 引かせる 引かす | ひかせる ひかす | hikaseru hikasu |
| Potential | 引ける | ひける | hikeru |
| Volitional | 引こう | ひこう | hikō |
| Negative | 引かない | ひかない | hikanai |
| Negative continuative | 引かず | ひかず | hikazu |
| Formal | 引きます | ひきます | hikimasu |
| Perfective | 引いた | ひいた | hiita |
| Conjunctive | 引いて | ひいて | hiite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 引けば | ひけば | hikeba |
Stem forms :
| Irrealis (未然形) | 引か | ひか | fika |
| Continuative (連用形) | 引き | ひき | fiki |
| Terminal (終止形) | 引く | ひく | fiku |
| Attributive (連体形) | 引く | ひく | fiku |
| Realis (已然形) | 引け | ひけ | fike |
| Imperative (命令形) | 引け | ひけ | fike |
| Key constructions ||||
| Negative | 引かず | ひかず | fikazu |
| Contrasting conjunction | 引けど | ひけど | fikedo |
| Causal conjunction | 引けば | ひけば | fikeba |
| Conditional conjunction | 引かば | ひかば | fikaba |
| Past tense (firsthand knowledge) | 引きき | ひきき | fikiki |
| Past tense (secondhand knowledge) | 引きけり | ひきけり | fikikeri |
| Perfect tense (conscious action) | 引きつ | ひきつ | fikitu |
| Perfect tense (natural event) | 引きぬ | ひきぬ | fikinu |
| Perfect-continuative tense | 引けり 引きたり | ひけり ひきたり | fikeri fikitari |
| Volitional | 引かむ | ひかむ | fikamu |

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “pull”): 押(お)す (osu)

#### Derived terms

* 割(わり)引(びき) (waribiki): discount
* 割(わ)り引(び)く (waribiku)
* 引(ひ)き下(さ)げる (hikisageru): pull down
* 引(ひ)き上(あ)げる (hikiageru): pull up
* 長(なが)引(び)く (nagabiku)

#### See also

* (to play a stringed instrument): 弾(ひ)く (hiku)

### Conjunction

引(ひ)く • (hiku)
* (mathematics) minus (subtraction)
    １２(じゅうに)引(ひ)く６(ろく)は６(ろく)だ。
       Jūni hiku roku wa roku da.
       12 minus 6 is 6.

#### Coordinate terms

* 足(た)す (tasu)
* 掛(か)ける (kakeru)
* 割(わ)る (waru)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN