针 (zhēn): meaning and stroke order
针 (zhēn) means needle, pin, injection, stitch, CL:根,支, variant of 针, needle.
针
- Simplified
- 针
- Traditional
- 針, 鍼
- Pinyin
- zhēn
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Stroke order of 针
针
- zhēn needle; pin
- zhēn variant of 針|针[zhen1], needle
- 7 strokes
- Traditional form: 針
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Meaning of 针
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zhēn
Traditional 針
- needle
- pin
- injection
- stitch
- CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]
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zhēn
Traditional 鍼
- variant of 針|针[zhen1], needle
Radical and structure
- 针
- Radical 钅 (Kangxi radical 167) in its simplified form · 7 strokes · 钅 on the left, 十 on the right
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 针
- 大海捞针 dà hǎi lāo zhēn lit. to fish a needle from the sea; to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
- 指南针 zhǐ nán zhēn compass
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).