zhēn

needle

Evolution

鍼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鍼 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Definitions

𰾗 () 

zhēn

needle, pin, tack; prick; inject

() 

zhēn

variant of |[zhēn], needle

Most common words with 鍼
Freq.
Word
Meaning

针对

to target

pin

方针

policy

针对性

focus

打针

to give or have an injection

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*t.[k]əm

tsyim

zhēn

needle


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 27.7431% of movies

1241st most common character in movies

1116th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

17

Simplified

Unicode

U+937C

Shuowen

“鍼,所以縫也。从金,咸聲。”


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