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針

JLPT N2 SL6 10 strokes Frequency: #505

Meanings

Needle, Pin, Staple, Stinger

Radicals

釒

Decomposition

⿰釒十

Etymology

Ideographic: A metal 釒 pin 十

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 10

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 dot right-to-left

3 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

4 horizontal bottom-to-top

5 vertical right-to-left

6 dot bottom-to-top

7 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

8 rising bottom-to-top

9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

10 vertical right-to-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シン shin

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

はり hari

Words Using This Kanji

124 words total

Other (20 words)

レコード針レコードばり

stylus

毒針どくしん

sting (of a bee, etc.)

針穴はりあな

pinhole

針穴写真機はりあなしゃしんき

pinhole camera

針ほどのことを棒ほどに言うはりほどのことをぼうほどにいう

exaggeration

針の目はりのめ

seam

お針子おはりこ

seamstress

eye of a needle

針子はりこ

seamstress

針のむしろはりのむしろ

bed of nails

針金虫はりがねむし

any horsehair worm of class Gordioidea

針桑はりぐわ

storehousebush (Cudrania tricuspidata)

針葉樹林しんようじゅりん

conifer forest

かぎ針編みかぎばりあみ

crochet

安全保護方針あんぜんほごほうしん

security policy

針金細工表現はりがねざいくひょうげん

wire frame representation

お針おはり

needlework

とじ針とじばり

large sewing needle

縄編み針なわあみばり

cable needle (knitting)

輪針わばり

circular needle (knitting)

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