Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb

    to draw (a bow) to the limit

    彼は声を引き絞って歌った。
    He sang with his voice strained.
  2. to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to clasp

  3. to strain (voice)

Also written 引きしぼる【ひきしぼる】引絞る【ひきしぼる】

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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

strangle, constrict, wring

Kun
しぼ.るし.めるし.まる
On
コウ
Strokes
12
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1288 of 2500
Radical
silk
WaniKani
Level 25

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (29)
CodeReference
1-6-6SKIP code
6a6.9The Kanji Dictionary
2094.8Four corner code
2766deroo
7d5eUnicode hex code
1-25-42JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3535Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4485New Nelson (John Haig)
1349New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1707Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
913Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1236Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1348Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1448Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1825A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1394Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
27421Morohashi
1261A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1452Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1545Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1630Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1576Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1565Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1533Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1360Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jiao3, jia3Pinyin reading
gyoKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
25WaniKani level