Kanji Detail for 鍼 - "needle, pierce"

鍼

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
鍼 means "needle, pierce."
1. Needle - A sewing needle; an acupuncture needle.
2. Pierce - To insert a needle.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

needle

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

needle, pin, tack; prick; inject

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

variant of 針|针[zhen1], needle

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

An implement for sewing cloth. Also, a method of treating illness, using needles to pierce the patient's meridians, called 鍼科 (acupuncture). Commonly written as 針.
Onyomi

shin(しん)
Kunyomi

hari(はり)

sa.su(さす)
Strokes

17 strokes
Radical

金 (kane・kanehen)
Related Keywords
needle sewing acupuncture pierce insert