Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
1. to pull; to tug; to lead (e.g. a horse)
2. to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
3. to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to pull in
4. to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
5. to draw (a line, plan, etc.)
6. to catch (a cold)
7. to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
8. to look up (in a dictionary, phone book, etc.); to consult; to check
9. to haul; to pull (vehicles)
esp. 牽く
10. to subtract; to deduct
11. to recede; to ebb; to fade
12. to be descend from; to inherit (a characteristic)
13. to quote; to cite; to raise (as evidence)
14. to lay on (electricity, gas, etc.); to install (e.g. a telephone); to supply (e.g. water)
15. to hold (e.g. a note)
16. to apply (e.g. lipstick); to oil (e.g. a pan); to wax (e.g. a floor)
Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)
17. to move back; to draw back; to recede
18. to lessen; to subside; to ebb; to go down (e.g. of swelling)
19. to resign; to retire; to quit
Kanji used
pull
Pitch accent
Top 800
Used in vocabulary (47 in total)
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
Examples (19 in total)
Draw a straight line.
The curtains were drawn slowly.
She can play the piano well.