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針

針 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 「鍼」の俗字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「金」+音符「十」。「はり」を意味する漢語｛針｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

needle, pin, staple, stinger

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シンElem.
Kun (native)
  • はりElem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • は
Other languages
  • 拼音zhen1
  • 한글chim
  • Hán-ViệtChâm

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
金(かね)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+91DD

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰金十

Words using this kanji

  • 針はり（はり）糸で布を縫うのに使う、細いとがった(金属製の)棒状の道具。また、そのように細くてとがったもの。needle, pin, hook, stinger
  • 針金はりがね「はりがね」の漢字表記。wire
  • 針路しんろ羅針盤が指し、船舶や航空機が進む方向。 行動をすべき方向。course, direction
  • 針葉樹しんようじゅ針状の葉を持つ木。conifer, needle-leaved tree
  • 針鰻はりうなぎelver (type of eel)
  • 針箱はりばこsewing box
  • 針魚さよりJapanese halfbeak (Hemiramphus sajori), stickleback
  • 針鼠はりねずみ「はりねずみ」の漢字表記。hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)
  • 針状はりじょうneedle-shaped, pointed
  • 針山はりやまpincushion
  • 針目はりめseam, stitch
  • 針槐はりえんじゅblack locust, robinia pseudoacacia
  • 針穴はりあなpinhole
  • 針孔めど糸を通す針の穴。eye of a needle, hole
  • 針子はりこseamstress
  • 針桑はりぐわstorehousebush (Cudrania tricuspidata), mandarin melon berry, silkworm thorn, cudrang
  • 針魚はりよGasterosteus microcephalus (species of stickleback)
  • 針樅はりもみ「はりもみ」の漢字表記。tiger-tail spruce (Picea polita)
  • 針桐はりぎりcastor aralia (Kalopanax septemlobus), prickly castor oil tree
  • 針莧はりびゆspiny amaranth (Amaranthus spinosus), spiny pigweed, prickly amaranth, thorny amaranth

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-8-2
Four Corner
8410.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
8a2.3
Heisig
292
Nelson
4817