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

= + : 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.
variant of 針|针[zhen1], needle

针 character breakdown

ten / 10

= + : 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

to target / to focus on / to be aimed at or against / in response to
pin / safety pin / clip / brooch / CL:枚[mei2]
immunization injection / fig. forewarning / heads-up / preventive measure
knitting / knitted garment
focus / direction / purpose / relevance
minute hand (of a clock)
needle and thread / sewing implements / needlework / (fig.) unimportant thing
spicule (in biology) / bone needle (in archaeology)
silver needle (fine needle used in acupuncture)
hand of a clock
see 磨杵成針|磨杵成针[mo2 chu3 cheng2 zhen1]
flying needle and running seam (idiom); skillful needlework
crochet hook / crochet needle
refers to 百花運動|百花运动[Bai3 hua1 Yun4 dong4] with its slogan 百花齊放,百家爭鳴|百花齐放,百家争鸣

Sentences with 针

针 currently does not appear in any sentence.