Hanja Analyzer
針

針 — chim

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
바늘 침
Romanization
chim
English
needle; pin; tack; acupuncture
Mandarin
zhēn
Japanese on'yomi
シン
Japanese kun'yomi
はり
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 6
Newspaper frequency
#505 of 2,500
Strokes
10
Radical
金 (167, 2 residual)
Phonetic component
十
Unicode
U+91DD

Parts that make up 針

  • 金 쇠 금, 성(姓) 김 흙 속에 묻힌 쇳덩이쇠붙이와 쇠로 만든 것, 돈
  • 十 열 십sound 세로와 가로가 만난 획열, 그리고 다 갖춘 것

How 針 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 針 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 金, 十.

Korean example words with 針

  • 대침大針 Korean gloss: 큰 바늘
  • 독침毒針 Korean gloss: 독을 묻힌 바늘이나 침
  • 침로針路 Korean gloss: 배나 비행기가 나아갈 방향
  • 침척針尺 Korean gloss: 바느질을 할 때에 쓰는 자
  • 초침秒針 Korean gloss: 시계에서 초를 가리키는 바늘
  • 각침角針 Korean gloss: 시계에서 분을 가리키는 긴 바늘
  • 분침分針 Korean gloss: 시계에서 분을 가리키는 긴 바늘
  • 장침長針 Korean gloss: 시계에서 분을 가리키는 긴 바늘
  • 계침計針 Korean gloss: 숫자를 가리키는 기계에 사용되는 침
  • 단침短針 Korean gloss: 시계에서, 시를 가리키는 짧은 바늘
  • 시침時針 Korean gloss: 시계에서, 시를 가리키는 짧은 바늘
  • 침선針膳 Korean gloss: 바느질과 반찬 만드는 일을 통틀어 이르는 말

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 針

  • 方針ほうしん policy; course; plan (of action)
  • 指針ししん needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator
  • 針はり needle; pin; hook
  • 針金はりがね wire
  • 針路しんろ course; direction
  • 針葉樹しんようじゅ conifer; needle-leaved tree
  • 縫い針ぬいばり sewing needle
  • 羅針盤らしんばん compass
  • 釣り針つりばり fish hook
  • 検針けんしん inspection of a meter; reading a meter; needle detection (in garments, etc.)
  • 運針うんしん handling the needle
  • 絹針きぬばり needle for silkwork

Characters sharing the phonetic 十

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “침”

Other hanja with radical 金

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