17 strokes
Kentei exam level 1

needle

Kun'yomi
  • (acupuncture) needle ②acupuncture
On'yomi
  • シン

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

はり 95.7%
シン 4.3%

Character Breakdown

needle
はり シン さ.す (Kentei 1)
gold
キン きむ かね (1st, N5)
whole, entire, all
ゼン すべ.て まった.く (3rd, N3)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
to divide
all, same
カン ゲン みな (Kentei 1)
sign of the dog, 7-9PM, eleventh sign of Chinese zodiac
いぬ ジュツ (Kentei 1)
5th calendar sign
つちのえ ボ ボウ (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ カ ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)

Common Words

(acupuncture) needle ②acupuncture
acupuncturist
acupuncture treatment
anesthesia by acupuncture
acupuncture and moxibustion
acupuncturist and practitioner of moxibustion
acupuncturist
acupuncture
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References

Unicode hex code 937C
JIS X 0208 1-79-10
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4893
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6316
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1754
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2204
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 40667
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 8a9.12
Four corner code 8315.0