Chinese Character 針 Meanings and components.

Form

針

Meaning

針 meaning[3] in English

Needle.

Pin.

Injection.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 針 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Jin (金) , and ten (十)

Its radical[1] is: 金 (jin1) which means: Surname Jin, Surname Kim (Korean), Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), .金jin1surname Jin

In cangjie it is written with CJ

How to write 針

To write針zhen1needle you should write a combination of 金jin1surname Jin , 十shi2ten arranged in a 吅 shape:

金 + 十 = 針

針 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 針 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 針, looks as follow:

針
Pinyin:zhen1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Needle . Pin . Injection . Stitch . Cl:根[Gen1],支[Zhi1]
金
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Surname Jin . Surname Kim (Korean) . Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)
十
Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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