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).
線
sen
line
回
線
kaisen
circuit
直
線
chokusen
straight line
車
線
shasen
traffic lane
目
線
mesen
eye level
前
線
zensen
front line
赤
外
線
sekigaisen
infrared rays
一
線
issen
front line
路
線
rosen
route
曲
線
kyokusen
curve
号
線
gousen
line number
線
路
senro
railroad track
配
線
haisen
wiring
無
線
musen
wireless
戦
線
sensen
battle line
最
前
線
saizensen
front line
新
幹
線
shinkansen
bullet train
幹
線
kansen
main line
視
線
shisen
line of sight
放
射
線
houshasen
radiation
沿
線
ensen
along a railway line
脱
線
dassen
derailment
紫
外
線
shigaisen
ultraviolet rays
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.