针
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needle; pin; injection; stitch; CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 金 +2
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 針
- Common rank
- #640
- Unicode
- U+9488
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Formation & memory
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How to remember it
needle · Heisig RSH #283
needle + metal
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 针
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 定海神针 | another name for 金箍棒[jin1 gu1 bang4], the Monkey King's golden cudgel; (fig.) stabilizing … | |
| 金针花 | orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva) | |
| 大政方针 | major policy of the national government | |
| 针线活儿 | needlework; working for a living as a needleworker | |
| 针式打印机 | (computing) dot matrix printer | |
| 一针见血 | lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom); fig. to hit the nail on the head | |
| 定风针 | wind vane; anemometer; weathercock | |
| 针对性 | focus; direction; purpose; relevance | |
| 针头线脑 | needle and thread; sewing implements; needlework; (fig.) unimportant thing | |
| 二百方针 | see 雙百方針|双百方针[shuang1 bai3 fang1 zhen1] | |
| 八字方针 | a policy expressed as an eight-character slogan; (esp.) the eight-character slogan for the… | |
| 反时针 | counterclockwise | |
| 金针菜 | day lily (Hemerocallis), used in Chinese medicine and cuisine | |
| 双百方针 | 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 | |
| 针头 | tip of a needle; syringe needle | |
| 针线活计 | needlework; sewing | |
| 金针 | needle used in embroidery or sewing; acupuncture needle; orange day-lily (Hemerocallis ful… | |
| 毛线针 | knitting needle | |
| 分针 | minute hand (of a clock or watch) | |
| 强心针 | heart-strengthening shot; fig. a shot in the arm |