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Simplified form of 針. Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 十 represents the sound.
Components
jīn metal
钅 is a component form of 金.
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