針 (はり): needle, hand (e.g., clock) — Japanese vocabulary
針 is read はり and means "needle, hand (e.g., clock)". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
針
- Reading
- はり · hari
- Translation
- needle, hand (e.g., clock)
- Level
- JLPT N3
- Pitch accent
- はりが
Example
針の落ちる音も聞こえるほどの静けさだ。
はりのおちるおともきこえるほどのしずけさだ。
You might hear a pin drop.
Kanji in this word
- 針 — needle, pointer
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