• 引力いんりょく — gravity / attraction
• 引越ひっこし — moving (house)
• 引用いんよう — quotation / citation
• 引退いんたい — retirement
• 引ひき出だし — drawer / withdrawal
• 引ひき算ざん — subtraction

引 combines the image of a bow (弓) with a hand pulling a string. It began as a pictograph of tension — pulling something taut.

Today, it extends far beyond physical pulling: it can describe drawing attention, attracting people, quoting text, or subtracting numbers.

ドアを引ひいてください。
Please pull the door.

彼かれは 人ひとを引ひき付つける力ちからがあります。
He has the power to attract people.

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