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曳

pull
Stroke count: 6

Readings

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Kun readingひ.く
Grade 9KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. pull
    かつてはロードローラーは馬が曳いていたが、蒸気機関の発明により、スチームローラーが現れた。Horses used to pull road-rollers, but the steamroller arrived with the invention of the steam engine.tatoeba
    挽歌　棺を曳く時の歌。Banka: Poems for when a coffin is carried.wiki
  2. tug
  3. jerk
  4. admit
  5. install
  6. quote
  7. refer to
  8. towRtK

Radicals and components

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Compound words

曳くひく
to pull
曳航えいこう
towing (a ship)
曳子ひきこ
jinrikisha puller
曳船えいせん
tugboat
綱曳つなひき
tug of war
媾曳あいびき
clandestine meeting (of lovers)
曳き船えいせん
tugboat
曳火弾えいかだん
tracer bullet
曳光弾えいこうだん
tracer bullet
綱曳きつなひき
tug of war
虫曳虻むしひきあぶ
robber fly (any fly of family Asilidae)
蓑曳鶏みのひきどり
minohiki chicken (Japanese long-tailed breed)
媾曳きあいびき
clandestine meeting (of lovers)
尾を曳くおをひく
to leave a trail
輓曳競走ばんえいきょうそう
ban'ei
輓曳競馬ばんえいけいば
ban'ei

Additional Examples

山車のように曳行する形。
It is a carrying style like the "mountain shrine."wiki

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 曳

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