• 1114th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 88 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhēn (zhen1)needle • pin • injection • stitch • CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

打针 (打針)
针对 (針對)
针织 (針織)

Uncommon

一针见血 (一針見血)
分针 (分針)
别针 (別針)
大海捞针 (大海撈針)
扎针 (扎針)
指南针 (指南針)
指针 (指針)
方针 (方針)
时针 (時針)
秒针 (秒針)
穿针引线 (穿針引線)
缝针 (縫針)
胸针 (胸針)
见缝插针 (見縫插針)
逆时针 (逆時針)
金针 (金針)
金针菇 (金針菇)
针刺 (針刺)
针对性 (針對性)
针灸 (針灸)
针线 (針線)
针线活 (針線活)
针锋相对 (針鋒相對)
顺时针 (順時針)
预防针 (預防針)

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  • 578th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 131 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhī (zhi1)to weave • to knit

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhī (zhi1)The component is pronounced as 'zhǐ' (zhi3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhī (zhi1)The component is pronounced as 'zhī' (zhi1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for zhī (zhi1)The component is pronounced as '' (si1). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

组织 (組織)
编织 (編織)
织女 (織女)
针织 (針織)

Uncommon

交织 (交織)
纺织 (紡織)
组织者 (組織者)
织布 (織布)
织物 (織物)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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