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針

Level VIII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 972 / 2,608

Needle

On’yomi
しん
Kun’yomi
はり
Radical
金 Gold (Kangxi 167)

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 微 (Delicate), less common than 砂 (Sand).

On the left is gold, and on the right a tiny cross -- a golden cross filed down to a point becomes a needle.

In words

針 はり needle,hand (e.g. clock)N3
針金 はりがね wireN2
針路 しんろ course,direction,compass bearingN2

針 is rank 972 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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