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Translingual
Han character
線 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 女火竹日水 (VFHAE), four-corner 26932, composition ⿰糹泉)
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
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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線
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*sqʰeːns
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泉
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*sɡʷen
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葲
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*sɡʷen
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灥
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*kʰʷjen, *sɢʷin
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *sqʰeːns) : semantic 糹 + phonetic 泉 (OC *sɡʷen).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): xiàn (xian4)
- (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xian4
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щян (xi͡an, III)
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sin3
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhen1
- Gan (Wiktionary): xien4
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): sien
- (Meixian, Guangdong): xiên4
- Jin (Wiktionary): xie3
- Northern Min (KCR): sui̿ng
- Eastern Min (BUC): siáng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): syo4 / syaⁿ4 / soeng4 / syeng4
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): sòaⁿ / siàn
- (Teochew, Peng'im): suan3
- (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): sua3
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 5shi
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): sienn4
Note:
- syo4/syaⁿ4 - vernacular;
- soeng4/syeng4 - literary.
Note:
- sòaⁿ - vernacular;
- siàn - literary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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線
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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10727
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Phonetic component
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泉
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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線
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Old Chinese
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/*sqʰeːns/
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Notes
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古文綫
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Definitions
線
- thread
- 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
- (geometry) line
- route; path; line
- demarcation line; boundary; border; brink
- clue; sign
- secret agent
- ideological or political line
- plotline
- (Singapore, computing) network connection
- Synonym: 網/网 (wǎng)
- (Hong Kong) lane (of a road or swimming pool)
- Synonym: 車道/车道 (chēdào)
- Classifier for for abstract nouns or numerals indicating few or little.
- a surname
Usage notes
- 綫 is preferred in Hong Kong when representing transportation routes.
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
線
(Second grade kyōiku kanji)
Readings
Compounds
Noun
線 • (sen)
- line
- 線を引く
- sen o hiku
- to draw a line
- level
- beam
Suffix
線 • (-sen)
- (sciences) ray
- ガンマ線
- ganma-sen
- gamma ray
- (public transport) line
- 千歳線
- Chitose-sen
- Chitose Line
See also
Korean
Hanja
線 (eumhun 줄 선 (jul seon))
- hanja form? of 선 (“line”)
Compounds
- 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)”)
Vietnamese
Han character
線: Hán Nôm readings: tuyến
- line