針 = 金 + 十

針 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “needle”. It is built from 金 (gold) and 十 (ten).

Keyword: needle
Pinyin (Mandarin): zhēn
Script: Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as: игла
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 針 needle

Decomposition

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金 gold
十 ten

How to find 針 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “gold” + “ten”. 針 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 針 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.