引き継ぐ (ひきつぐ) — to take over, to succeed, to inherit

引ひき継つぐ to take over

Kekerapan #4584 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. 4 characters 和語 wago 和語 (wago) — Native Japanese compound: all kanji use kun'yomi (native Japanese) readings.

hikitsugu

Meanings

to take over
to succeed
to inherit

Kanji Used

引

ひ hi Kun'yomi

pull, draw, attract

ON いん

KUN ひ.く /ひ.き /ひ.き- /-び.き /ひ.ける

継

つ tsu Kun'yomi

inherit, succeed, continue

ON けい

KUN つ.ぐ /まま-

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Words with 引 (16)

引(ひ)く hiku to pull 取(とり)引(ひき) torihiki transaction 引(いん)用(よう) inyou quotation 引(いん)退(たい) intai retirement 引(ひ)き続(つづ)き hikitsuzuki continuously 引(ひ)っ張(ぱ)る hipparu to pull 引(ひ)き起(お)こす hikiokosu to cause 割(わり)引(びき) waribiki discount

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Words with 継 (4)

継(けい)続(ぞく) keizoku continuation 中(ちゅう)継(けい) chuukei relay 継(けい)承(しょう) keishou succession 受(う)け継(つ)ぐ uketsugu to inherit

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