針

Meaning

針 centers on a thin, pointed metal object used for piercing or fastening: a needle, pin, staple, or stinger.

• 方針ほうしん
  N2

  policy; course; plan (of action); principle

• 針はり
  N3

  needle; pin

• 指針ししん

  needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; pointer; index

• 羅針盤らしんばん

  compass

• 針金はりがね
  N2

  wire

• 針鼠はりねずみ

  hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)

• 針千本はりせんぼん

  porcupinefish (Diodon holacanthus); balloonfish

• 針路しんろ
  N2

  course; direction

• 釣り針つりばり

  fish hook

• 針葉樹しんようじゅ

  conifer; needle-leaved tree

• 秒針びょうしん

  second hand (of clock)

• 避雷針ひらいしん

  lightning rod

• 撃針げきしん

  firing pin

• 検針けんしん

  inspection of a meter; reading a meter

• かぎ針かぎばり

  hook; crochet hook; crochet needle

• 針山はりやま

  pincushion

• 針魚さより

  Japanese halfbeak (Hemiramphus sajori); stickleback

• 針刺しはりさし

  pincushion

• 短針たんしん

  short hand; hour hand

• お針子おはりこ

  seamstress

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