针
needle / pin / injection / stitch / CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]
针
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十
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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.
针 character breakdown
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 thread a needle (idiom); fig. to act as a go-between
lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch
needle used in embroidery or sewing / acupuncture needle / orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva)
enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes, Japanese えのき茸 enokitake), used in cuisines of Japan, Korea and China, cultivated to be long, thin and white / abbr. to 金菇
to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently
Sentences with 针
针 currently does not appear in any sentence.