針

See also: 针

Translingual

Han character

針 (radical 167 金+2, 10 strokes, cangjie input 金十 (CJ), four-corner 8410₀, composition ⿰金十)

References

• KangXi: page 1296, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40165
• Dae Jaweon: page 1799, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4168, character 5
• Unihan data for U+91DD

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Chinese

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trad.		針
simp.		针

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēn (zhen¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zam¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ):
• Min Nan (POJ): cham / chiam

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ
    • Wade-Giles: chên¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jen
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zam¹
    • Yale: jām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzam¹
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐm⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ:
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cham / chiam
    • Tâi-lô: tsam / tsiam
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sam⁴⁴/, /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sam³⁴/, /t͡ɕiam³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (針, reconstructed)
Character (針), Pronunciation 1/2
Initial: 章 (23) Final: 侵 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 職深切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡ɕiɪm/	/t͡ɕi̯əm/	/t͡ɕiəm/	/t͡ɕim/	/cim/	/t͡ɕĭĕm/	/t͡ɕjem/
Character (針), Pronunciation 2/2
Initial: 章 (23) Final: 侵 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 之任切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/t͡ɕiɪmH/	/t͡ɕi̯əmH/	/t͡ɕiəmH/	/t͡ɕimH/	/cimH/	/t͡ɕĭĕmH/	/t͡ɕjemH/

Old Chinese pronunciation (針, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
針								zhēn								‹ tsyim ›								/*t.[k]əm/								needle
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
針					11448					十					侵					3					斟					/*kjum/					見淮南子，說文作鍼
針					11449					十					侵					3					枕					/*kjums/

Definitions

針

1. needle
2. pin
3. hand of a clock or watch
4. tack
5. acupuncture

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Japanese

Kanji

針

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Readings

• On: しん (shin)
• Kun: はり (hari)

Noun

針 (hiragana はり, romaji hari)

1. pin, needle
2. hand of a clock or watch
3. thorn
4. staple of a stapler
5. (fishing) hook

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Korean

Hanja

針 (chim) (hangeul 침, revised chim, McCune-Reischauer ch'im, Yale chim)

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Vietnamese

Han character

針 (châm, chăm, chảm, găm, kim, trâm)

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