Kanji
針
Needle
Also: Pin, Staple, Stinger
On'yomi
- しん shin
Kun'yomi
- はり hari
Stroke count, radical and JLPT level of 針
針 has 10 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 金 (gold), number 167. Hashidari places it at JLPT N2. Japanese students learn it in grade 6 of elementary school.
No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji