needle kanji symbol 投稿日時: 2016年4月26日 投稿者: kanji — コメントする Draw a picture of a needle, and you have a long vertical line. There is some thread in the eye of the needle. The ― part in the 十 is thread. A needle is made from metal. That is why 金(gold,metal) is used in the left part of the kanji 針.