鍼

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鍼 U+937C, 鍼
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Translingual

Han character

鍼 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+9, 17 strokes, cangjie input 金戈竹口 (CIHR), four-corner 83150, composition ⿰釒咸)

  1. needle, pin, tack
  2. prick
  3. inject

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1315, character 27
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40667
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1815, character 33
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4229, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+937C

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 鍼 – see 針 (“needle; needle-like object; pin; brooch; hand; tack; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 針).

Japanese

Kanji

鍼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鍼
はり
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi
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Extension of and cognate with 針 (hari, “needle used in embroidery”).

Pronunciation

Noun

鍼(はり) • (hari) 

  1. a needle used in acupuncture
  2. (by extension) acupuncture
Derived terms

Proverb

  1. 死(し)に馬(うま)に鍼(はり) (shi ni uma ni hari), 死(し)に馬(うま)に鍼(はり)をさす (shi ni uma ni hari o sasu)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鍼
しん
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

/ɕim/ → /ɕimʉ/ → /ɕiɴ/

From Middle Chinese 鍼 (MC tsyim).

Affix

鍼(しん) • (shin) 

  1. needle used in acupuncture
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

鍼 • (chim, gam) (hangeul 침, 감, revised chim, gam, McCune–Reischauer ch'im, kam, Yale chim, kam)

  1. (침 침): needle (used in acupuncture).

Synonyms

Compounds

Okinawan

Kanji

鍼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
鍼
はーい
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Extension of and cognate with 針 (hāi, “needle used in embroidery”).

Pronunciation

Noun

鍼(はーい) (hāi) 

  1. needle used in acupuncture

References

  1. ^ Okinawan Dictionary Data Collection

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