扎针 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

zhāzhēn

acupuncture

zhā, zhá pull up

A hand 扌 tying a bundle with string 乚

Components

扌 Meaning component

shou, shǒu hand

乚 Meaning component

yǐn, yà turning stroke

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

紥

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	sqriːd

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

zhēn needle Simplified

Simplified form of 針. Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 十 represents the sound.

Components

钅 Meaning component

jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

十 Sound component

shí ten

Change in sound

针 and 十 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
针 *t.[k]əm
十 *t.[g]əp

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

zhēn needle Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 十 represents the sound.

Components

釒 Meaning component

jīn metal

十 Sound component

shí ten

Change in sound

針 and 十 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
針 *t.[k]əm
十 *t.[g]əp

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsyim	t.[k]əm	needle

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart

扎 zhā, zhá pull up

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Component uses

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

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针 zhēn needle Simplified

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Historical Pronunciations

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針 zhēn needle Traditional

Components

Historical Pronunciations

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zhā, zhá pull up

zhēn needle Simplified

zhēn needle Traditional