線

See also: 缐, 綫, and 线
線 U+7DDA, 線
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DDA
← 緙
[U+7DD9] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 緛 →
[U+7DDB]

Translingual
Japanese 線
Simplified 线
Traditional 線

Han character

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

Derived characters
  • 𦌶

References
  • KangXi: page 930, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27641
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1368, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3428, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+7DDA

Chinese
trad. 線/綫
simp. 缐/线
缐 - Only used as a surname

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (泉) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
線 *sqʰeːns
泉 *sɡʷen
葲 *sɡʷen
灥 *kʰʷjen, *sɢʷin

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

Pronunciation
Note:
  • sòaⁿ - vernacular;
  • siàn - literary.
Rime
Character 線
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 仙 (77)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 私箭切
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 線
Reading # 1/1
No. 10727
Phonetic
component		 泉
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 線
Old
Chinese		 /*sqʰeːns/
Notes 古文綫

Definitions

線

  1. thread
  2. thread-line 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. Classifier for for abstract nouns or numerals indicating few or little.
  10. A surname​.

Compounds
Derived terms from 線

Japanese

Kanji
線

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Compounds

Noun

線 (hiragana せん, rōmaji sen)

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

Suffix

線 (hiragana せん, rōmaji -sen)

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

See also

Korean

Hanja

線 (eumhun 줄 선 (jul seon))

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Vietnamese

Han character

線 (tuyến)

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