線

線 U+7DDA, 線 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DDA ← 緙 [U+7DD9] CJK Unified Ideographs 緛 → [U+7DDB]

Japanese	線
Simplified	线
Traditional	線

線 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女火竹日水 (VFHAE), four-corner 2693₂, composition ⿰糹泉)

• 𦌶

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 930, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27641
• Dae Jaweon: page 1368, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3428, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7DDA

trad.		線/綫
simp.		线/缐
缐 (xiàn) - Only used as a surname

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sqʰeːns) : semantic 糹 + phonetic 泉 (OC *sɡʷen).

線

1. thread
2. thread-like object; wire; line; string; ray

   釣線／钓线  ―  diàoxiàn  ―  fishing line

   電線／电线  ―  diànxiàn  ―  electric wire

   光線／光线  ―  guāngxiàn  ―  ray of light

3. (geometry) line
4. route; path; line
5. demarcation line; boundary; border; brink
6. clue; sign
7. secret agent
8. ideological or political line
9. plotline
10. (Singapore, computing) network connection

    Synonym: 網／网 (wǎng)

11. (Hong Kong) lane (of a road or swimming pool)

    Synonym: 車道／车道 (chēdào)

12. Classifier for for abstract nouns or numerals indicating few or little.
13. a surname

• 綫 is preferred in Hong Kong when representing transportation routes.

• “線”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
• Kun: いと (ito, 線)、すじ (suji, 線)^{←すぢ (sudi, 線, historical)}

• 光線(こうせん) (kōsen): a ray of light
• 新幹線(しんかんせん) (shinkansen): A Japanese super express, bullet train, a line of extremely fast trains which runs in Japan; shinkansen
• 宇宙線(うちゅうせん) (uchūsen): cosmic rays
• 紫外線(しがいせん) (shigaisen): ultraviolet rays
• 赤外線(せきがいせん) (sekigaisen): infrared rays
• X(エックス)線(せん) (ekkususen): X-rays
• 線圈(せんけん) (senken): a coil, a solenoid

Kanji in this term
線
せん Grade: 2
on'yomi

線(せん) • (sen) 

1. line

   線(せん)を引(ひ)く

   sen o hiku

   to draw a line

2. level
3. beam

線(せん) • (-sen) 

1. (sciences) ray

   ガンマ線(せん)

   ganma-sen

   gamma ray

2. (public transport) line

   千歳(ちとせ)線(せん)

   Chitose-sen

   Chitose Line

• (science: ray): 放射線(ほうしゃせん) (hōshasen)
• (rail transport: line): 路線(ろせん) (rosen)

線 (eumhun 줄 선 (jul seon))

1. hanja form^? of 선 (“line”)

• 곡선 (曲線, gokseon, “curve”)
• 광선 (光線, gwangseon, “ray of light”)
• 무선 (無線, museon, “wireless”)
• 직선 (直線, jikseon, “straight line”)
• 호선 (號線, hoseon, “subway line (number)”)

線: Hán Nôm readings: tuyến

1. line