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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)

基本方針きほんほうしん

basic policy

棒針ぼうばり

knitting needle

並穴針なみあなはり

needle with a normal eye

弾機孔針だんきあなはり

split-eye needle

普通孔針ふつうあなはり

needle with a normal eye

針の山はりのやま

hell's mountain of needles

翼状針よくじょうしん

butterfly needle

火針ひばり

heated acupuncture needle

返し針かえしばり

back stitch

政策方針せいさくほうしん

(political) policy position

検針済けんしんずみ

needle detection complete

方針を固めるほうしんをかためる

to agree on the principle

行動指針こうどうししん

guidelines for action

口針こうしん

stylet

毒針毛どくしんもう

urticating hair

抜針ばっしん

needle removal

針の耳はりのみみ

eye of a needle

金針きんしん

gold needle (esp. an acupuncture needle)

針鉄鉱しんてっこう

goethite

小針海豚こはりいるか

Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis)

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