鍼

鍼 U+937C, 鍼
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-937C
← 鍻
[U+937B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 鍽 →
[U+937D]

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: 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, 鍼, 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

Extension of and cognate with 針 (hari, “needle used in embroidery”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

鍼(はり) • (hari) 

  1. a needle used in acupuncture
  2. (by extension) acupuncture
Derived terms
  • 鍼(はり)按(あん)摩(ま) (hari anma)
  • 鍼(はり)医(い) (harii)
  • 鍼(はり)医(い)者(しゃ) (hari isha)
  • 鍼(はり)立(た)て (haritate)
  • 鍼筒(はりづつ) (harizutsu)
  • 鍼(はり)麻(ま)酔(すい) (harimasui)
  • 石鍼(いしばり) (ishibari)
  • 管鍼(くだばり) (kudabari)
  • 披(は)鍼(ばり) (habari)
  • 焼(や)き鍼(ばり) (yakibari), 焼(や)い鍼(ばり) (yaibari)

Proverb
  • 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 t͡ɕiɪm).

Affix

鍼(しん) • (shin) 

  1. needle used in acupuncture
Derived terms
  • 鍼(しん)医(い) (shin'i)
  • 鍼灸(しんきゅう) (shinkyū)
  • 鍼形(しんけい) (shinkei)
  • 鍼線(しんせん) (shinsen)
  • 鍼術(しんじゅつ) (shinjutsu)
  • 鍼薬(しんやく) (shin'yaku)
  • 火(か)鍼(しん) (kashin)
  • 管鍼(かんしん) (kanshin)
  • 灸(きゅう)頭鍼(とうしん) (kyūtōshin)
  • 金鍼(きんしん) (kinshin)
  • 銀鍼(ぎんしん) (ginshin)
  • 打(だ)鍼(しん) (dashin)
  • 電気鍼(でんきしん) (denkishin)
  • 鈹(ひ)鍼(しん) (hishin)

References
  1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →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 (hiragana はーい, rōmaji hāi)

  1. needle used in acupuncture

References
  1. Okinawan Dictionary Data Collection

Further reading
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