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See also: , , and 线
U+7DDA, 線
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DDA

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Japanese
Simplified 线
Traditional

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

  • 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

Chinese

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

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation


Note:
  • syo4/syaⁿ4 - vernacular;
  • soeng4/syeng4 - literary.
Note:
  • sòaⁿ - vernacular;
  • siàn - literary.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (16)
Final () (77)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter sjenH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/siᴇnH/
Pan
Wuyun
/siɛnH/
Shao
Rongfen
/sjænH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sianH/
Li
Rong
/siɛnH/
Wang
Li
/sĭɛnH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/si̯ɛnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xiàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sin3
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 10727
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sqʰeːns/
Notes

Definitions

  1. thread
  2. thread-like object; wire; line; string; ray
    线  ―  diàoxiàn  ―  fishing line
    线  ―  diànxiàn  ―  electric wire
    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: (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

Usage notes

  • is preferred in Hong Kong when representing transportation routes.

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

  • Go-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: せん (sen, Jōyō)
  • Kun: いと (ito, )すじ (suji, )すぢ (sudi, , historical)

Compounds

Kanji in this term
せん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

(せん) (sen

  1. line
    (せん)()
    sen o hiku
    to draw a line
  2. level
  3. beam

Suffix

(せん) (-sen

  1. (sciences) ray
    ガンマ(せん)
    ganma-sen
    gamma ray
  2. (public transport) line
    千歳(ちとせ)(せん)
    Chitose-sen
    Chitose Line

See also

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun (jul seon))

  1. hanja form? of (line)

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: tuyến

  1. line