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線 — 15 strokes / Radical「糸」

道
9Elementary year 2 / 15 strokes / Radical「糸」
On
センせん · sen
Kun
—
Meaning
line

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A thread (糸) stretching long — a line.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセンせんsen線路せんろ点線てんせん光線こうせん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 電線でんせん

    electric wire

  • 直線ちょくせん

    straight line

More words with this kanji

  • 曲線きょくせん
  • 線路せんろ
  • 線香せんこう
  • 埼京線さいきょうせん
  • 新幹線しんかんせん
  • 沿線えんせん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

まっすぐな 線(せん)を ひきます。

I draw a straight line.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

直線電線線直straig…電electr…紙paper細thin組group絵pictur…糸thread船ship千thousa…川river刋to cut占occupy
CompoundRadicalReading

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