needle / pin / injection / stitch / CL:根[gen1],支[zhi1]

= + : James II of England (zh) found a huge cross made from a bone and a flute (十) with a golden harpoon (钅) sticking in the bone in front of the encampment ((e)n1). He wants to find out where it came from, so he uses a needle (针) to draw bone marrow from the bone to analyze its DNA, and it turns out that it once belonged to a white whale.

針 character breakdown

ten / 10

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a holy cross. Sherlock Holmes (sh-) is investigating a very strange thing he found in the kitchen of the space station (-2): A big pyramid made of ten (十) crosses (十), which are in turn made out of flutes (一) and dinosaur bones (丨).
surname Jin / surname Kim (Korean) / Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115-1234)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a bar of gold.

= + : In front of the encampment, Joan of Arc is on the lookout for smugglers. Indeed she catches the mean crocodile smuggling gold bars hidden in whole wheat breads.
gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money / golden / highly respected / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a bar of gold.

= + : In front of the encampment, Joan of Arc is on the lookout for smugglers. Indeed she catches the mean crocodile smuggling gold bars hidden in whole wheat breads.

Characters with 針 as component

針 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 針

to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat / measure for measure
immunization injection / fig. forewarning / heads-up / preventive measure
spicule (in biology) / bone needle (in archaeology)
needle and thread / sewing implements / needlework / (fig.) unimportant thing
silver needle (fine needle used in acupuncture)
hand of a clock
crochet hook / crochet needle
needle-leaved plant (e.g. pine tree)
see 磨杵成針|磨杵成针[mo2 chu3 cheng2 zhen1]
refers to 百花運動|百花运动[Bai3 hua1 Yun4 dong4] with its slogan 百花齊放,百家爭鳴|百花齐放,百家争鸣
acupuncture anesthesia
saury fish (family Scomberesocidae)
flying needle and running seam (idiom); skillful needlework
the eye of a needle

Sentences with 針

針 currently does not appear in any sentence.