Kanji
針
kanji character
needle
pin
staple
stinger
針 kanji-針 needle, pin, staple, stinger
針
Meaning
needle pin staple
Readings
Kun'yomi
- はり needle
- はり がね wire
- ぬい はり sewing needle
On'yomi
- ほう しん policy
- し しん needle (compass, gauge, etc.)
- しん きゅう acupuncture and moxibustion
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Component Analysis
Common Words
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針 needle, pin, hook... -
方 針 policy, course, plan (of action)... -
針 金 wire -
指 針 needle (compass, gauge, etc.)... -
針 灸 acupuncture and moxibustion -
針 路 course, direction -
針 葉 樹 conifer, needle-leaved tree -
釣 針 fish hook - つり
針 fish hook -
釣 り針 fish hook -
検 針 inspection of a meter, reading a meter, needle detection (in garments... -
縫 針 sewing needle - ぬい
針 sewing needle -
転 針 change of course, changing direction, shifting position (of retreating forces)... -
縫 い針 sewing needle -
羅 針 盤 compass -
針 鰻 elver (type of eel) -
針 箱 sewing box -
針 術 acupuncture -
針 魚 Gasterosteus microcephalus (species of stickleback) -
針 鼠 hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae) -
針 状 needle-shaped, pointed -
針 医 acupuncturist -
針 山 pincushion -
針 目 seam, stitch -
針 槐 black locust, robinia pseudoacacia -
針 穴 pinhole -
針 孔 eye of a needle -
針 子 seamstress -
針 イカgolden cuttlefish (Sepia esculenta), Madokai's cuttlefish (Sepia madokai)