针

zhe̅n = zh + (e)n1

needle / pin / injection / stitch / CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]

针 = 十 + 钅 : James II of England (zh) found a huge cross made from a bone and a flute (十) with a golden harpoon (钅) sticking in the bone in front of the encampment ((e)n1). He wants to find out where it came from, so he uses a needle (针) to draw bone marrow from the bone to analyze its DNA, and it turns out that it once belonged to a white whale.

zhe̅n = zh + (e)n1

variant of 針|针[zhen1], needle

针 character breakdown

针
- 十
  - 一
  - 丨
- 钅

shí = sh + Ø2

ten / 10

十 = 一 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).

Character component without intrinsic meaning

Mnemonic symbol: a golden harpoon.

Characters with 针 as component

针 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 针

lit. to fish a needle from the sea / to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)

lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom) / fig. to hit the nail on the head

to give or have an acupuncture treatment

lit. as if sitting on pins and needles (idiom) / fig. to be in an uncomfortable situation

paper clip

heart-strengthening shot / fig. a shot in the arm

stylus (gramophone needle)

to put sb on an intravenous drip

see 雙百方針|双百方针[shuang1 bai3 fang1 zhen1]

another name for 金箍棒[jin1 gu1 bang4] / (fig.) stabilizing force

wind vane / anemometer / weathercock

a pull-through to thread a needle / fig. to act as go-between

a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan / (esp.) the eight-character slogan for the economic policy proposed by 李富春[Li3 Fu4 chun1] in 1961: 調整、鞏固、充實、提高|调整、巩固、充实、提高 "adjust, consolidate, enrich and improve"

to thread a needle / (fig.) to act as a go-between

to do needlework

the eight-character slogan for the economic policy proposed by 李富春[Li3 Fu4 chun1] in 1961: 調整、鞏固、充實、提高|调整、巩固、充实、提高 "adjust, consolidate, enrich and improve" / a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan

(vaccine) booster shot

counterclockwise

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If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. / cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently

major policy of the national government

Sentences with 针

针 currently does not appear in any sentence.