sewing needle
A needle used for hand sewing or machine sewing. The reading ぬいはり is a rare alternative.
My grandmother is good at threading a sewing needle.
この縫い針は先が鋭くて布に通りやすい。
This sewing needle has a sharp point and goes through fabric easily.
Standard kanji spelling with high frequency.
Abbreviated kanji form; less common but still encountered.
Compound of 縫い (nui, 'sewing', the continuative form of 縫う nuu) and 針 (hari, 'needle'), with rendaku voicing of hari to bari.