pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to
引 centers on drawing something toward oneself or into a situation: pulling physically, tugging, or jerking, and by extension admitting, installing, quoting, or referring to something as if pulling it into a conversation or record.
transactions; dealings; business
to pull; to tug; to lead (e.g. a horse)
retirement
quotation; citation; reference
discount; reduction; rebate
continuously; continually; without a break
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
pulling up; drawing up; salvage; re-flotation
drawer
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to provoke
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
exchange; conversion
to pull; to draw; to pull tight
price reduction; discount
to pull out; to take out; to draw out
absorption; suction; aspiration
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to carry on (a tradition); to continue
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
to pull up; to drag up; to lift up
delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition
to move (house); to change residence
shoplifting; shoplifter
引 combines 弓 (bow) with a stroke 丨 that likely represents the bowstring being drawn back, giving the idea of pulling.
The left side is a bow 弓, and the right side is a single stroke 丨 like a bowstring being pulled back. Picture drawing the bowstring to pull something toward you.
For イン, imagine pulling the bowstring and hearing the inn sound of the string vibrating: inn -> イン, as you draw the bow.