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 shapes where their meanings are (钅) , and ten (十)

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

In cangjie it is written with OPJ

How to write 针

To writezhen1needle you should write a combination of jin1 , shi2ten arranged in a shape:

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针 Stroke Order

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

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

  • Wiktionary Page for 针in English or Chinese