針
zhēn HSK4

needle

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approved by Peter Olson · Oct 16, 2020, 04:42 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 16, 2020, 04:42 PM

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Changed fields: components

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

Components

金
金 Meaning component
十
十 Sound component
Change in sound

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyimt.[k]əm needle

Sources

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