Chinese

針

zhēn
needle (Classifier: 根 m; 枚 m; 枝 c mn; 眼 c)
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 4
  • TOCFL 6
  • radical 金
  • 10 strokes

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Origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kjum, *kjums): semantic 釒 (“metal”) + phonetic 十 (OC *ɡjub).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tV-qəp (“needle”); compare Tibetan ཁབ (khab), Burmese အပ် (ap) (STEDT under PTB *k-ra(p/m); Hill, 2017). See also 簪 (OC *ʔsɯːm, *ʔsrɯm, “hairpin”), 譖 (OC *ʔsrums, “to accuse, slander”) (STEDT).

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Lineage

  • inheritedProto-Sino-Tibetan*tV-qəp “needle”
  • meaningChinese金 “copper (Cu)”
  • soundChinese十 “ten”

Related: Tibetan ཁབ, Burmese အပ်

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