線 — line, track, wire
せん
線
line
Grade 2
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
15 strokes
transport
U+7DDA
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #382
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1366
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Meanings
- line
- track
- wire
word
せん sen On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Appears in idioms
Components
Composed of
いと
糸
thread
#120
Phono-semantic compound (形声). 糸 (thread/silk) gives the meaning. The right side provides the phonetic sen. A line.