Memory phrase for the Kanji: 針
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針 |
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Kanji-Trainer
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Meaning
| needle, pin, pointer
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Pronunciation |
SHIN
hari |
Explanation |
Left: metal, gold 金 (Covered  in the ground 土 are 2 gold nuggets 丷), right: ten 十 |
Mnemonic
| It is made of metal and pointed like the number ten (= 十): A needle!
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Radicals
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金
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gold, metal | This radical is always on the left side of a character. |
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十
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ten, 10 | Two crossed arms (with five fingers each) means ten. |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 秒針 |
びょうしん |
second hand (of clock) |
| 方針 |
ほうしん |
objective, plan, policy |
| 針 |
はり |
needle/fish hook/pointer/hand (e.g. clock) |
| 針路 |
しんろ |
course/direction/compass bearing |
| 針金 |
はりがね |
wire |
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