Kanji1 / 10
針 kanji
needle, pin, staple, stinger
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
シン
Kun readings
はり
Words with 針
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —抜針needle removal; needle withdrawal
- —針葉(pine) needle; needle-leaf
- —避雷針lightning rod
- —針葉樹conifer; needle-leaved tree
- —羅針儀compass
- —翼状針butterfly needle; winged needle
- —検針済needle detection complete
- —無方針not having a plan; aimlessness; having no definite plan
- —針鉄鉱goethite
- —検針日day of inspection
- —大方針broad policy; overriding principle
- —持針器needle holder; needle driver
- —毒針毛urticating hair; urticating bristles; poisonous hair; poisonous spine
- —針銀鉱acanthite
- —披針形lanceolate (leaf shape)
- —行動方針course of action
- —自主指針independent guideline
- —針小棒大exaggeration; making a mountain out of a molehill
- —方針決定policy decision
- —防止指針prevention guideline