sewing needle

elongated, thin tool made ​​of hard material used for sewing
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sewing needle

Summary

sewing needle ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (745 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • sewing needle is a type of physical tool[2].
  • sewing needle is a type of needle[3].
  • sewing needle is used for sewing[4].
  • sewing needle's Commons category is recorded as Needles[5].
  • sewing needle's Unicode character is recorded as 🪡[6].
  • sewing needle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sewing needles[7].
  • sewing needle's Commons gallery is recorded as Needle[8].
  • sewing needle's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[9].
  • sewing needle's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • sewing needle's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[11].
  • sewing needle's used by is recorded as seamstress[12].
  • sewing needle's has characteristic is recorded as eye of a needle[13].
  • sewing needle's different from is recorded as needle[14].
  • sewing needle's different from is recorded as pin[15].
  • sewing needle's different from is recorded as knitting needle[16].
  • sewing needle's different from is recorded as sewing pin[17].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include physical tool[2] and needle[3].

Use and Application

sewing needle is used for sewing[4]. Its used by is recorded as seamstress[12].

Influence

Things named for sewing needle include 9K38 Igla[18], a missile model[19] and needle[20].

Why It Matters

sewing needle ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (745 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for it include 9K38 Igla[18], a missile model[19] and needle[20].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by
    Aliases
    Different from needle, pin, knitting needle +1
    Described by source Gujin Tushu Jicheng, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Student's Reference Work
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20892, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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