针 鍼
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
These are the forms of 鍼, the traditional character: 针 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Clerical script 西漢
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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你在聚会中针对Lisa体重作出的评论是完全不适当的。
The remark you made at the party about Lisa's weight was totally uncalled for.
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医生给我打了一针。
The doctor gave me a shot.
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很多人都相信针灸有治愈疾病的功效。
Many people believe acupuncture can cure diseases.
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我们应该禁止针对儿童的广告。
We should ban advertising aimed towards children.
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我的手抖得太厉害，没法穿针了。
My hands were shaking too much to thread the needle.