针箍 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

zhēngū

thimble

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

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

gū hoop

Bamboo ⺮ bindings 㧜; 㧜 also provides the pronunciation

Components

⺮ Meaning component

zhú bamboo

㧜 Sound Meaning component

liè (same as U+64F8 擸) to hold

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	kʷaː

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

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

针 zhēn needle Simplified

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箍 gū hoop

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針 zhēn needle Traditional

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zhēn needle Simplified

gū hoop

zhēn needle Traditional