Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
metal, gold 金 (釒)
Parts:
needle, pin, staple, stinger
Kun:
はり
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
505 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 鍼灸 【シンキュウ】 acupuncture and moxibustion
  • 針葉樹 【シンヨウジュ】 conifer, needle-leaved tree
  • 指針 【シシン】 needle (compass, gauge, etc.), hand (clock), indicator, pointer, index, guiding principle, guideline, guide
  • 検針 【ケンシン】 inspection of a meter, reading a meter, needle detection (in garments, etc.), needle inspection

Kun reading compounds

  • 針 【はり】 needle, pin, hook, stinger, thorn, hand (e.g. clock, etc.), pointer, staple (for a stapler), needlework, sewing, malice, counter for stitches
  • 針金 【はりがね】 wire
  • 縫い針 【ぬいばり】 sewing needle
  • 無外傷性針 【むがいしょうせいはり】 atraumatic needle

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhen1
Korean:
chim

Spanish

  • aguja
  • alfiler

Portuguese

  • agulha
  • alfinete
  • grampo
  • o que pica

French

  • aiguille
  • épingle
  • agrafe
  • dard
916 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
905 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
573 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4817 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1407 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
974 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1155 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
341 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
341 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
729 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1809 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2099 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1092 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1488 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
280 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40165 Morohashi
1666 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6218 New Nelson (John Haig)
274 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
292 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
907 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2855 2001 Kanji
8a2.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-8-2 SKIP code
8410.0 Four corner code
1-31-43 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
91dd Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
mulberry
Kun:
くわ
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1650 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 桑田 【ソウデン】 mulberry plantation
  • 桑園 【ソウエン】 mulberry plantation
  • 扶桑 【フソウ】 divine tree or island east of China (in Chinese mythology), Fusang, Japan, Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)

Kun reading compounds

  • 桑 【くわ】 mulberry (tree)
  • 桑原 【くわばら】 mulberry field

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sang1
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • mora
  • morera

Portuguese

  • amora

French

  • mûrier
1518 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1561 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
864 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1609 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1433 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1162 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1873 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2035 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1855 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1062 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2618 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1338 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1814 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
705 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14772 Morohashi
2112 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2661 New Nelson (John Haig)
698 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
754 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1352 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3564 2001 Kanji
2h8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-8 SKIP code
2-6-4 SKIP code
1790.4 Four corner code
7790.4 Four corner code
1-23-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6851 Unicode hex code