曳 — kanji meaning “pull”
曳
pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to
- Meanings
- pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to
- On'yomi
- エイ (ei)
- Kun'yomi
- ひ.く
- Name readings
- ひき、びき
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- 9
- Classical radical
- 73
- Chinese reading
- zhuài, yì — Chinese character page
Words with 曳
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 曳航 | えいこう eikou | towing (a ship) |
| 曳山 | ひきやま hikiyama | festival float |
| 曳家 | ひきや hikiya | building relocation (without disassembly); house relocation |
| 曳船 | えいせん eisen | tugboat; tug; towboat |
| 曳光弾 | えいこうだん eikoudan | tracer bullet; star shell; flare bomb |
| 曳網 | ひきあみ hikiami | dragnet; seine |
| 曳火弾 | えいかだん eikadan | time-fuze shell; time-fuse shell; air-burst shell |
| 曳子 | ひきこ hikiko | jinrikisha puller |
| 曳々 | えいえい eiei | heaving; pulling |
| 揺曳 | ようえい youei | flutter; linger |
| 曳舞 | ひきまい hikimai | building relocation (without disassembly); house relocation |
| 蓑曳鶏 | みのひきどり minohikidori | minohiki chicken (Japanese long-tailed breed) |
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