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引
yǐn
1. to draw (e.g. a bow)
2. to pull
3. to stretch sth
4. to extend
5. to lengthen
6. to involve or implicate in
7. to attract
8. to lead
9. to guide
10. to leave
11. to provide evidence or justification for
12. old unit of distance equal to 10 [[丈<zhàng>]], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 4 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

引
yǐn
to pull, to stretch; to draw; to attract
HSK 4 4 丶

Compound Words (20)

公引
gōngyǐn
hectometer
勾引
gōuyǐn
to seduce
吸引
xīyǐn
to attract (interest, investment etc)
HSK 4
导引
dǎoyǐn
same as [[引導|引导<yǐndǎo>]]
市引
shìyǐn
unit of distance equal to one-thirtieth km or 33.33 meters
引信
yǐnxìn
a detonator
引入
yǐnrù
to draw into
引出
yǐnchū
to extract
引别
yǐnbié
to leave
引力
yǐnlì
gravitation (force)
引向
yǐnxiàng
to lead to
引咎
yǐnjiù
to take the blame
引嫌
yǐnxián
to avoid arousing suspicions
引子
yǐnzi
introduction
引导
yǐndǎo
to guide
HSK 6
引得
yǐndé
index (loanword)
引征
yǐnzhēng
quotation
引擎
yǐnqíng
engine (loanword)
HSK 6
引叙
yǐnxù
reported speech (in grammar)
引文
yǐnwén
quotation

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
478
Word Frequency Rank
1,574 of 84,292

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