針 – needle, pin, staple

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The kanji 針 means needle, pin, staple, stinger. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シン (shin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is はり (hari). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 金 (no. 167).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シン	shin
Kun’yomi	はり	hari

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 金 (Kangxi radical 167). Components: 金・十.

Words using 針

針はりneedle針金はりがねwire方針ほうしんpolicy針路しんろcourse

Example sentences

針で親指を突いてしまった。

I pricked my thumb with a needle.

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変な魚が針にかかっている。

A strange fish is on the hook.

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彼女は時計の針を１０分進ませた。

She advanced the hand ten minutes.

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Kanji with the same radical

金銀録鉄鈴銭銃鋼鎖鉱鑑銘鋭銅鏡釣

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