zhēn
needle
Simplified form of 針. Phonosemantic compound. 金 represents the meaning and 十 represents the sound.
Evolution
Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 针
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to target | ||
pin | ||
policy | ||
focus | ||
to give or have an injection |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*t.[k]əm | tsyim | zhēn | needle |
Statistics
HSK level 4
Appears in 27.7431% of movies
1241st most common character in movies
1116th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 7 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+9488 |
Sources
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