針 (zhēn)
needle; injection (shot); stitch
How 針 is written
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 金 — metal/gold
- Traditional
- 針
- Simplified
- 针
Components
Common words using 針
- 打針 dǎzhēn
- to give or have an injection
- 針對 zhēnduì
- to be directed against; to be aimed at; to counter
- 針織 zhēnzhī
- knitting; knitted garment
- 一針見血 yīzhēnjiànxiě
- lit. to draw blood on the first prick; fig. to hit the nail on the head
- 分針 fēnzhēn
- minute hand (of a clock)
- 別針 biézhēn
- pin; CL:枚[mei2]
- 扎針 zhāzhēn
- to give or have an acupuncture treatment
- 指南針 zhǐnánzhēn
- compass
- 指針 zhǐzhēn
- pointer on a gauge; clock hand; cursor
- 方針 fāngzhēn
- policy; guidelines; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 時針 shízhēn
- hand of a clock; hour hand
- 秒針 miǎozhēn
- second hand (of a clock)
針 in a sentence
我要去醫院打針。
Wǒ yào qù yīyuàn dǎzhēn.
“I need to go to the hospital to get a shot.”
How common is 針?
針 is the 1,114th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 90.8% of all running text.
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