Chinese Character 针 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

针 meaning[3] in English

Needle.

Pin.

Injection.

Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character can be seen as a composition of 2 main characters.

针 radical

Its radical[1] is: ()

Details

In cangjie it is written with OPJ


Components Tree

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

Pinyin:zhen1 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Needle . Pin . Injection . Stitch . Cl:根[Gen1],支[Zhi1]

Pinyin:jin1

Pinyin:shi2
Meaning[3]: Ten . 10

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character