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)

1. needle
2. pin
3. tack
4. acupuncture

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

針 (simplified 针, Yale jam1)

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Japanese

Kanji

針 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

針 (simplified 针, pinyin zhēn (zhen1), Wade-Giles chen¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

針 (châm, chăm, chảm, găm, kim, trâm)