EntryCommon
  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to stretch larger

    esp. 引き伸ばす

    彼はその手紙の返事を引き延ばした。
    He delayed answering the letter.
  2. to enlarge (photos)

    esp. 引き伸ばす

  3. to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)

    esp. 引き延ばす

Also written 引き延ばす【ひきのばす】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to

Kun
ひ.くひ.ける
On
イン
Strokes
4
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N3
Frequency
218 of 2500
Radical
bow
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

いなひきひけびき

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-3-1SKIP code
3h1.1The Kanji Dictionary
1220.0Four corner code
3554deroo
5f15Unicode hex code
1-16-90JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1562Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1681New Nelson (John Haig)
181New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
207Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
133Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
160Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1232Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1318Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
238A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
144Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
271Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9699Morohashi
77A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
216Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
216Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
156sakade
167Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
81henshall3
87Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
263crowley
257Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.2busy_people
605Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1240Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yin3Pinyin reading
inKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

expand, stretch, extend, lengthen, increase

Kun
の.びるの.ばすの.べるの.す
On
シン
Strokes
7
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
730 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 36

Built from

Used in names as

のぶよぼる

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-2-5SKIP code
2a5.3The Kanji Dictionary
2520.6Four corner code
2155deroo
4f38Unicode hex code
1-31-13JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
403Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
163New Nelson (John Haig)
70New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
79Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
51Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
54Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1118Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1199Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
741A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
353Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1528Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
481Morohashi
1431A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1108Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1160Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
309Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1095Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1246Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
79Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1127Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shen1Pinyin reading
sinKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
36WaniKani level