# 针 U+9488 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9488

A Chinese character meaning “needle; pin; tack; acupuncture”, read zhēn in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `针` |
| Codepoint | U+9488 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9488 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `针` `针` |
| CSS | `\9488` |
| JavaScript | `\u9488` |
| UTF-8 | E9 92 88 |
| UTF-16 | 9488 |
| Definition | needle; pin; tack; acupuncture |
| Mandarin | zhēn |
| Cantonese | zam1 |

## Related characters

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- 钉 [U+9489 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9489](https://unicodekit.com/char/9489)
- 钆 [U+9486 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9486](https://unicodekit.com/char/9486)
- 钊 [U+948A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-948A](https://unicodekit.com/char/948A)
- 钅 [U+9485 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9485](https://unicodekit.com/char/9485)
- 钋 [U+948B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-948B](https://unicodekit.com/char/948B)
- 钄 [U+9484 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9484](https://unicodekit.com/char/9484)
- 钌 [U+948C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-948C](https://unicodekit.com/char/948C)
- 钃 [U+9483 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9483](https://unicodekit.com/char/9483)
- 钍 [U+948D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-948D](https://unicodekit.com/char/948D)
- 钂 [U+9482 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9482](https://unicodekit.com/char/9482)
- 钎 [U+948E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-948E](https://unicodekit.com/char/948E)

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