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Kanji

針

needle, pin, staple, stinger

Kanji

Grade

Grade 6

Strokes

10 strokes

Radical

金部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

シン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

はり

Nanori (Name Reading)

はり

Common Readings

シン, はり

Example sentences

針 はり
裁縫道具の中から、一番細い針を選んだ。

I chose the thinnest needle from among the sewing tools.

動く うごく
時計の針が動いている

The hands of the clock are moving.

方針 ほうしん
新しい教育方針が決定された。

A new educational policy has been decided.

強める つよめる
政府は、警備を強める方針だ。

The government plans to strengthen security.

指針 ししん
先輩の助言を、仕事で迷ったときの指針にしている。

I use my senior colleague’s advice as a guide when I am unsure at work.

秒針 びょうしん
静かな部屋で、時計の秒針が一秒ずつ進む音まで聞こえた。

In the quiet room, I could even hear the sound of the clock’s second hand moving forward one second at a time.

針金 はりがね
彼は針金で鳥かごを作った

He made a birdcage with wire.

折り曲げる おりまげる
針金を折り曲げて、花の形にした。

I bent the wire into the shape of a flower.

針路 しんろ
船は北に針路を取った

The ship set a course to the north.

毒針 どくしん
ハチは尾の先に鋭い毒針を持っている。

Bees have a sharp poisonous stinger at the tip of their tail.

Example Vocabulary

針

はり

needle; pin; hand (of a clock); sting; thorn

方針

ほうしん

policy, course of action, objective, direction

指針

ししん

guideline; guiding principle; guide

秒針

びょうしん

second hand; the hand on a clock that marks the seconds

針金

はりがね

wire

針路

しんろ

course; route

毒針

どくしん

poisonous stinger; venomous needle

釣り針

つりばり

長針

ちょうしん

羅針盤

らしんばん

compass

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