纫 (rèn): to thread (a needle)

Meanings

奶奶眼神不好，纫不上针了。

Nǎinai yǎnshén bùhǎo, rèn bù shàng zhēn le.

Grandma can no longer see well enough to thread a needle.

她一有空就缝纫几针。

Tā yì yǒu kòng jiù féngrèn jǐ zhēn.

She sews a few stitches whenever she has a free moment.

usage

纫 means to pass thread through a needle's eye, and by extension to sew. The everyday compound is 缝纫 (to sew; sewing).

radical

纟 jiǎosīpáng

silk; thread (radical form)

Left-side silk radical, the side form of 糸. Threading and sewing are all about thread, so the radical carries the core meaning of 纫.

phonetic

刃 rèn

blade edge (here phonetic)

Right side 刃 (blade edge) supplies the sound rèn exactly, with no drift. It is purely the phonetic element here.

纫 rèn