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曳 means 'pull'

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Strokes : 6    Frequency: 2369   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-5    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 13 words   Used in 30 words   Used in 56 names   Component in 4 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Common readings
On
   エイ
Kun
   ひく to pull
Additional readings
Name    ひき   びき
Variants
曵  
Components
⿻  乚 (乙) second  ⿱  日 sun; day  ノ (乃) katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from  
See also
㦮 three spears  引 pull  更 again  
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Most useful words by reading
曳 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 曳 is used 28 times, read 2 ways (with 3 variations).
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エイ : 6 words FIND ALL
え い こ う 0
towing (a ship)
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ひく (read as び) : 6 words FIND ALL
た な び く 3
Most common form: たなびく
to linger; to hover above; to trail; to hang over; to lie over  (often written with kana only)
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ひく : 5 words FIND ALL
ひ く 0
Most common form: 引く
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
1. to pull
2. to draw (attention, etc.); to attract (interest, etc.)  (see also: 注意を引く)
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ひき: 6 words. FIND ALL
ひ き う ま 0
noun
draft horse; draught horse
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びき: 5 words. FIND ALL
じ び き 0
Most common form: 地引き
noun
1. seine fishing; seining
2. seine; seine net  (see also: 地曳網; abbreviation)
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An additional ひ.く less common words include 曳 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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曳
エイ   ひく to pull   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
乚
second   おつ    
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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