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Chinese symbol for “pinhole”

针孔
zhēn kǒng
Traditional: 針孔
pinhole

The closest CC-CEDICT match for pinhole is 针孔 (zhēn kǒng), defined as: pinhole.

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Characters and stroke order

针 zhēn
needle, pin, tack; acupuncture
radical 167 ⾦ · 7 strokes
孔 kǒng
opening, hole, orifice; great
radical 39 ⼦ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “pinhole”

WordPinyinMeaning
针眼 (針眼)zhēn yǎneye of a needle; pinprick

Related words

Other words that share a character with 针孔.

WordPinyinMeaning
针对 (針對)zhēn duìto target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to
方针 (方針)fāng zhēnpolicy; guidelines
针对性 (針對性)zhēn duì xìngfocus; direction
指针 (指針)zhǐ zhēnpointer on a gauge; clock hand
打针 (打針)dǎ zhēnto give or get an injection
针灸 (針灸)zhēn jiǔacupuncture and moxibustion; to give or have acupuncture and moxibustion
面孔miàn kǒngface
脸孔 (臉孔)liǎn kǒngface

See also: Japanese symbol for “pinhole”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.