Read Edit View history Discussion 针 zhēn HSK4 needle Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 針. Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 十 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhēn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 針 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 钅 is a component form of 金. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 针 Simp strokes 针 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 针 Simp strokes 针 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 针 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 340, 832 ], [ 365, 808 ], [ 375, 783 ], [ 317, 673 ], [ 263, 586 ], [ 185, 484 ], [ 118, 409 ], [ 79, 378 ] ], [ [ 320, 625 ], [ 439, 658 ], [ 513, 667 ] ], [ [ 235, 481 ], [ 286, 480 ], [ 419, 524 ], [ 462, 527 ] ], [ [ 172, 323 ], [ 194, 318 ], [ 242, 323 ], [ 374, 359 ], [ 428, 380 ], [ 480, 381 ] ], [ [ 305, 457 ], [ 340, 434 ], [ 343, 299 ], [ 329, 165 ], [ 334, 141 ], [ 383, 151 ], [ 497, 221 ] ], [ [ 497, 445 ], [ 520, 439 ], [ 551, 441 ], [ 643, 463 ], [ 855, 500 ], [ 936, 487 ] ], [ [ 644, 800 ], [ 670, 793 ], [ 706, 760 ], [ 699, 432 ], [ 703, -38 ] ] ], 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], [ [ 497, 445 ], [ 520, 439 ], [ 551, 441 ], [ 643, 463 ], [ 855, 500 ], [ 936, 487 ] ], [ [ 644, 800 ], [ 670, 793 ], [ 706, 760 ], [ 699, 432 ], [ 703, -38 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 332 651 Q 390 747 413 768 Q 423 778 418 792 Q 414 805 386 828 Q 361 846 341 846 Q 322 845 330 823 Q 345 789 331 760 Q 289 663 226 574 Q 165 489 83 394 Q 73 384 71 378 Q 67 368 81 370 Q 141 379 301 606 Q 307 615 313 623 L 332 651 Z", "M 313 623 Q 350 611 413 626 Q 453 638 496 647 Q 518 654 521 657 Q 528 664 524 673 Q 517 683 487 689 Q 463 692 382 662 Q 355 656 332 651 C 303 645 284 631 313 623 Z", "M 341 474 Q 387 490 439 505 Q 466 514 470 518 Q 477 527 472 534 Q 465 544 437 547 Q 409 550 383 536 Q 353 523 320 511 Q 284 499 241 491 Q 208 482 233 469 Q 257 459 296 461 L 341 474 Z", "M 367 334 Q 481 370 485 373 Q 492 380 488 389 Q 481 399 451 405 Q 424 409 367 384 L 317 366 Q 232 342 179 333 Q 143 324 170 310 Q 215 289 268 307 Q 290 314 319 321 L 367 334 Z", "M 319 321 Q 319 194 279 136 Q 237 106 282 54 Q 283 53 287 49 Q 299 40 311 57 Q 329 85 480 197 Q 499 210 504 218 Q 508 228 498 228 Q 486 228 372 173 Q 359 166 358 180 Q 365 265 367 334 L 367 384 Q 367 409 372 430 Q 378 451 341 474 C 317 491 285 489 296 461 Q 315 418 317 366 L 319 321 Z", "M 727 456 Q 793 466 890 471 Q 938 471 945 482 Q 949 494 933 506 Q 876 542 818 523 Q 779 513 727 500 L 674 488 Q 592 473 499 454 Q 478 451 495 435 Q 523 410 562 420 Q 614 438 674 447 L 727 456 Z", "M 674 447 Q 674 -15 689 -39 Q 689 -40 692 -44 Q 707 -60 716 -38 Q 726 -5 727 397 Q 727 428 727 456 L 727 500 Q 727 716 746 749 Q 753 776 736 789 Q 711 808 668 818 Q 649 824 636 809 Q 626 802 639 789 Q 667 764 671 729 Q 672 644 674 488 L 674 447 Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without 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