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Kanji of the Day

Sunday, November 1, 2026

🔧Tools & Objects Collection

針

はり

hiragana

hari

romaji

needle

meaning

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📖 The Story of 針

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What does 針 mean?

💡 How to Remember 針

Say it out loud

Pronounce hari three times while looking at the character. Saying it aloud activates muscle memory.

Write it

Copy 針 on paper 5 times. The movement of writing encodes kanji more deeply than reading alone.

Use it today

Try to notice or use the concept of needle today. Connecting kanji to real experiences makes them unforgettable.

Coming Up This Week

Today

針

needle

Mon

傘

umbrella

Tue

袋

bag/sack

Wed

机

desk

Thu

鐘

bell

Fri

刃

blade/edge

Sat

札

tag/card/bill

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What is Kanji?

Kanji (漢字) are the Chinese-derived characters used in the Japanese writing system alongside hiragana and katakana. There are over 2,000 commonly used kanji in Japanese, but learning just the basics opens up a surprisingly large portion of everyday Japanese text.

Today's kanji, 針 (hari), means "needle" and comes from the Tools & Objects collection.

The best way to learn kanji is through daily, consistent exposure, which is exactly what the Kanji of the Day feature is designed for. Come back tomorrow to discover a new character and build your Japanese vocabulary one word at a time.