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線

line
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingセン
Kun readingすじ
JōyōGrade 2

Popular Usage

下線曲線光線線路新幹線水平線沿線幹線

Radicals and components

Radical糸silkComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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thread (糸) · spiderman · spring · white (白) · dove · water (水)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1438

Compound words

曲線きょくせん
curve
光線こうせん
ray (of light); beam; light
線路せんろ
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track
新幹線しんかんせん
Shinkansen; bullet train
水平線すいへいせん
horizon (related to bodies of water)
沿線えんせん
places alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.
幹線かんせん
main line; trunk line
Ｘ線エックスせん
X-ray
一線いっせん
one line; (a) single line; boundary; line (between things); distinction
横線おうせん
horizontal line
回線かいせん
circuit; line
視線しせん
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze
車線しゃせん
traffic lane; road lane
戦線せんせん
(war) front
線香せんこう
incense stick
線量せんりょう
dose (of radioactivity)
前線ぜんせん
(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront; forward area
打線だせん
batting line-up; batting order
脱線だっせん
derailment; digression; deviation
直線ちょくせん
straight line
電線でんせん
electric line; electric cable; power cable; telephone line; telegraph wire
内線ないせん
phone extension; indoor wiring; inner line
配線はいせん
wiring
白線はくせん
white line; linea alba

Stroke Order

15 strokes

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