引

引 U+5F15, 引
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F15
← 弔
[U+5F14] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 弖 →
[U+5F16]

Translingual
Stroke order
4 strokes

Han character

引 (Kangxi radical 57, 弓+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 弓中 (NL), four-corner 12200, composition ⿰弓丨)

Derived characters

References
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 356, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9699
  • Dae Jaweon: page 672, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 988, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+5F15

Chinese
simp. and trad.
 引

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 引
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (引) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
紖 *l'inʔ
矧 *hlinʔ
訠 *hlinʔ
弞 *hlinʔ, *linʔ
引 *linʔ, *lins
蚓 *linʔ
鈏 *linʔ, *lins
靷 *linʔ, *lins

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 弓 (“bow”) + 丨 (“line”) – the line radical represents a bow string which is pulled.

Pronunciation

Note:
  • íⁿ - vernacular;
  • ín - literary.
Rime
Character 引 引
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 以 (36) 以 (36)
Final (韻) 眞 (43) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 余忍切 羊晉切
Baxter yinX yinH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /jiɪnX/ /jiɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /jinX/ /jinH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /jenX/ /jenH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /jinX/ /jinH/
Li
Rong		 /iĕnX/ /iĕnH/
Wang
Li		 /jĭĕnX/ /jĭĕnH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /i̯ĕnX/ /i̯ĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yǐn yìn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 jan5 jan6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 引 引
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yǐn yǐn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ yinX › ‹ yinH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*li[n]ʔ/ /*li[n]ʔ-s/
English draw the bow draw the bow

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 引 引
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 15306 15312
Phonetic
component		 引 引
Rime
group		 眞 眞
Rime
subdivision		 1 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 引 𦙍
Old
Chinese		 /*linʔ/ /*lins/

Definitions

引

  1. to pull, draw out, attract
  2. to stretch
  3. to lead
  4. to induce
  5. to recommend (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  6. to reference, to quote
  7. to leave
  8. (music) prelude
  9. (archaic) sales permit

(Can we add an example for this sense?) (particularly for the sense " to lead")

Compounds

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (引):
  • → Vietnamese: dẫn (引)

Pronunciation

Definitions

引

  1. (Quanzhou Hokkien, honorific) Prefix for kinship terms.
    引公 [Hokkien]  ―  ín-kong [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  grandpa

Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 引 – see 蚓 (“earthworm”).
(This character is the second-round simplified form of 蚓).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji
引

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. pull
  2. tug
  3. admit

Readings

Compounds

Antonyms
  • 斥 (“repulse”)
  • 押 (“push”)

Derived terms

Etymology
Kanji in this term
引
いん
Grade: 2
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 引 (MC yinX|yinH).

Pronunciation

Noun

引(いん) • (in) 

  1. the preface to a book; introduction; foreword

Affix

引(いん) • (in) 

  1. pull; draw out; stretch
  2. lead; induce
  3. bear; undertake; accept (Can we add an example for this sense?) (particularly for "accept")
  4. quote; reference
  5. leave

Derived terms
Derived terms

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

引 (eumhun 끌 인 (kkeul in))

  1. Hanja form? of 인 (“pull”).

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

引: Hán Nôm readings: dẫn, dợn, giỡn, dận, giận

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