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  *扎* | 扎* | *扎
to prick / to run or stick (a needle etc) into / mug or jug used for serving beer (loanword from "jar")
HSK 6
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  *麻* | 麻* | *麻
generic name for hemp, flax etc / hemp or flax fiber for textile materials / sesame / CL: 縷|缕 / (of materials) rough or coarse / pocked / pitted / to have pins and needles or tingling / to feel numb
HSK 7-9
needle-leaved (tree)
needle / hypodermic needle
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  *针* | 针* | *针
needle / pin / injection / stitch / CL: ,
HSK 4
to thread a needle / (fig.) to act as a go-between
needle used in embroidery or sewing / acupuncture needle / orange day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva)
knitting needle
Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括, book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass
lit. to fish a needle from the sea / to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch
feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom) / uneasy and nervous / to be on pins and needles
to thread a needle
lit. as if sitting on pins and needles (idiom) / fig. to be in an uncomfortable situation
(music) fingering / (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles / (keyboard) typing technique / (dance) hand movements / (painting) finger method
to prick with a needle / to treat by acupuncture
needle-shaped
citron daylily (Hemerocallis citrina Baroni); golden needles (its edible flower)
(medicine) to puncture; to do a needle biopsy
lit. to thread a needle (idiom); fig. to act as a go-between
eye of a needle / pinprick / pinhole
fuse (for an explosive device) / electrical lead / intermediary / catalyst / (dialect) sewing needle
needle-leaved plant (e.g. pine tree)
to thread a needle
needle-leaved forest
to leave an inserted needle in place for a period of time (acupuncture)
silver needle (fine needle used in acupuncture)
to thread a needle
flying needle and running seam (idiom); skillful needlework
needle and thread / needlework
acupuncture needle
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *砭* | 砭* | *砭
ancient stone acupuncture needle / to criticize / to pierce
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *劄* | 劄* | *劄
to prick with a needle
If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle. / cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently
to critique / to voice concerns about / ancient form of acupuncture using sharp stones as needles
the eye of a needle
lit. a needle concealed in silk floss (idiom) / fig. ruthless character behind a gentle appearance / a wolf in sheep's clothing / an iron fist in a velvet glove
pins and needles (in muscle) / paresthesia
crochet hook / crochet needle
tip of a needle / syringe needle
spicule (in biology) / bone needle (in archaeology)
pine needle
to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task / to study diligently
stylus (needle) of a record player
needle felting (craft) / piece of felt used as a pincushion
needle and thread / sewing implements / needlework / (fig.) unimportant thing
sewing needle
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  *针* | 针* | *针
variant of 針|针, needle
HSK 4
acupuncture needle / hypodermic needle
"to obtain qi", the sensation of electrical tingling, numbness, soreness etc at the meridian where accupuncture needle is inserted
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  *纫* | 纫* | *纫
to thread (a needle) / (bound form) to sew; to stitch / (literary) very grateful
stone needle used in acupuncture


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