纫 (rèn) · to thread (a needle)

Meanings

1 to thread (a needle)
2 to sew; to stitch

Characters

纫

rèn

to thread (a needle); to sew

Examples

HSK 7-9

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.

HSK 7-9

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.

Tips

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).

Components

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

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

Stroke Order

纫 rèn

Related Words

缝纫 féngrèn #16,008

to sew; sewing

缝纫机 féngrènjī #28,791

sewing machine

缝 féng HSK 7-9 #3,241

to sew / to stitch / to suture; to mend

针 zhēn HSK 6 #2,513

needle; pin / injection; shot / stitch

穿针引线 chuānzhēn-yǐnxiàn #39,520

to thread a needle and draw the thread / to act as a go-between; to mediate; to bring parties together

缝合 fénghé HSK 7-9 #7,644

to suture / to stitch up / to sew together

吾道一以贯之 wú dào yì yǐ guàn zhī

my Way is threaded through by a single principle / one unifying thread runs through my entire teaching / lit. my Way - with one, I thread it through

线程安全 xiànchéng ānquán

thread-safe / thread safety

主线程 zhǔxiànchéng

main thread (programming) / UI thread

踩帖 cǎitiě

(forum slang) to downvote / step on a thread / to reply to a thread disparagingly to bury it